Learning demotivation studies in the foreign language contexts : state of the art

Vol.40,No.1(2019)

Abstract
It is widely accepted that demotivation is a phenomenon present in the foreign language classrooms, as it will be shown in the bibliographic review presented below. In addition to summarizing and presenting the results of the research carried out in multiple countries, the terminology is also defined, and the historical evolution of the theoretical construct is traced. Likewise, the methodology that is used here is described and future lines of work are drawn on the field of demotivation in the learning of foreign languages in formal contexts.

Keywords:
amotivation; demotivation; motivation; method; state of the art

Pages:
99–122
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