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2006-01-01

A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field

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Disciplines, approach, conceptualize, dimension, achievement motivation, construct, cognitive, implication, second language, foreign language, socio-constructive (en)

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  • Jesús Alirio Bastidas Arteaga Author
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is a field that receives the contribution of various disciplines to support its theoretical and practical foundations. In this paper, the author presents an overview of the approaches used to conceptualize motivation in psychology and apply it to TESOL. Then, a selected number of factors or dimensions of the achievement motivation construct, identified in the research about motivation in cognitive psychology, are highlighted. Based on the previous dimensions, some practical and research implications are suggested to be applied in the area of motivation to learn a second (SL) or foreign language (FL). Finally, the author supports the need to conceptualize motivation, not only from a cognitive view, but most importantly, from a socio-constructive approach, especially in the TEFL context. Key words: TESOL, disciplines, approach, conceptualize, dimension, achievement motivation, construct, cognitive, implication, second language, foreign language, socio-constructive, TEFL La “Enseñanza del Inglés a Hablantes de Otras Lenguas” (TESOL) es un área que recibe la influencia de diferentes disciplinas, las cuales han contribuido a sustentar sus planteamientos teóricos y prácticos. En este artículo, el autor presenta los enfoques que se han utilizado para definir la motivación en psicología y que se han aplicado al campo de TESOL. A continuación se destaca un número selecto de factores o dimensiones del constructo de motivación de logro identificado en la investigación sobre motivación realizada en psicología cognitiva. Con base en estas dimensiones, se sugieren algunas implicaciones prácticas e investigativas que se podrían aplicar en el área de la motivación para el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua o de una lengua extranjera. El autor, finalmente, sustenta la necesidad de que la motivación se conceptualice fundamentalmente con base en una perspectiva socio-constructivista y no únicamente desde la visión cognitiva, especialmente en el contexto de la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera (TEFL)

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APA

Bastidas Arteaga, J. A. (2006). A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 7(1), 147–159. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002

ACM

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Bastidas Arteaga, J.A. 2006. A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 7, 1 (Jan. 2006), 147–159.

ACS

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Bastidas Arteaga, J. A. A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2006, 7, 147-159.

ABNT

BASTIDAS ARTEAGA, J. A. A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 147–159, 2006. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002. Acesso em: 25 apr. 2024.

Chicago

Bastidas Arteaga, Jesús Alirio. 2006. “A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 7 (1):147-59. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002.

Harvard

Bastidas Arteaga, J. A. (2006) “A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 7(1), pp. 147–159. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002 (Accessed: 25 April 2024).

IEEE

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J. A. Bastidas Arteaga, “A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 147–159, Jan. 2006.

MLA

Bastidas Arteaga, J. A. “A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 147-59, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002.

Turabian

Bastidas Arteaga, Jesús Alirio. “A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 147–159. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002.

Vancouver

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Bastidas Arteaga JA. A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2006 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];7(1):147-59. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11002

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