Teacher Motivational Practice, Student Motivation, and Possible L2 Selves: An Examination in the Iranian EFL Context

Language Learning

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 571-594

  Papi, Mostafa ^a   Abdollahzadeh, Esmaeel ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

English as a foreign language; Ideal L2 self; L2 motivational strategies; Motivation; Ought to L2 self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860681309     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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