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Kruk, Mariusz – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
The paper presents the results of a study that aimed to investigate fluctuations in the levels of boredom in the virtual world of "Second Life" (SL) and factors accounting for such changes as reported by a single student of English philology. The participant took part in 15 sessions over the period of one summer semester. The learner was…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Academic Persistence
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Walton, Geoff; Childs, Mark; Jugo, Gordana – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The aim of the project was to motivate school students to learn about the national literature of their own and others' countries. Engagement was fostered via the creation of digital artefacts (or "e-artefacts") such as online comic strips, live videos or animations. The pedagogical rationale was based on Papert's constructionism and…
Descriptors: Literature, Computer Uses in Education, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Pawlak, Miroslaw – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
When we examine the empirical investigations of motivation in second and foreign language learning, even those drawing upon the latest theoretical paradigms, such as the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2009), it becomes clear that many of them still fail to take account of its dynamic character and temporal variation. This may be surprising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)