Motivating Learning

Bringing applied linguistics theory to life in the language classroom – this resource explains clearly and easily for teachers and teacher trainers how to implement motivational theory in their classrooms for learners of all ages and abilities.

While there has been a lot of discourse at an academic level about various approaches to motivation, there have, to date, been few resources for the language teacher / teacher-trainer with their finger on the scholarly pulse. This book aims to provide the link between theory and practice, with plenty of suggestions for innovative classroom exercises and assignments that take into account students with different levels of proficiency, different age groups, and different learning styles.

Jill Hadfield has worked as a teacher and teacher trainer in Britain, France, China, Tibet, Madagascar and run short courses and seminars for teachers in many other parts of the world. She now teaches on the Certificate and Diploma in Language Teaching, and the BA in English at Unitec New Zealand. She is the author of over 25 books, including the Longman Communication Games series, five books in the Oxford Basics series and Classroom Dynamics. She has also written a course for young learners: Excellent! published by Longman. Two Teacher Education books were published last year: Top Tools for Language Teachers (Pearson) and An Introduction to Teaching English (OUP). She has also written two travel books and a novel.