The Anatomy of Directed Motivational Currents: Exploring Intense and Enduring Periods of L2 Motivation

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 329-345

  Henry, Alastair ^a   Dörnyei, Zoltán ^b   Davydenko, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural routines; Directed Motivational Currents; Goals; Motivation; Positive emotionality; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937826867     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/modl.12214     Document Type: Article

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