Zoltán Dörnyei
Zoltán Dörnyei is a leadingfigure in research on individual differences, in
particular regarding motivation and attitudes. He has developed conceptual
models of motivation that can be applied to language teaching in classrooms,
but is alsofirmly based in research on motivation outside of AL. In addition
to his books on motivation he published on research methodology, the use
of surveys and the psychology of the language learner.
“His challenge to the big name in thefield of motivation, Robert Gardner,
was ultimately successful, and his‘future L2 self’perspective has become
dominant in motivation research.”“Recently he started applying DST to
motivational aspects of language learning.”“He is incredibly productive,
producing one book after the other, and all high quality.”
Dörnyei, Z. (2005)The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences
in Second Language Acquisition, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Dörnyei, Z. and Ushida, E. (2001)Teaching and Researching Motivation,
London: Longman.
Aneta Pavlenko
Aneta Pavlenko covers a wide range of topics in her research, including
sociocultural theory, narrative research, cross-cultural aspects of emotions,
psycholinguistics and identity. Recently, she started working on the linguistic
landscape, in particular with respect to the study of Russian abroad.
“The scope of her research is very wide, but that doesn’t mean that the
way she does research is shallow.”“Links many subfields in a deep way.”
President of AAAL 2015.
Pavlenko, A. and Blackledge, A. (eds) (2004)Negotiation of Identities in
Multilingual Contexts, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Pavlenko, A. and Lantolf, J. (2000)“Second language learning as participa-
tion and the (re)construction of selves”in: J. Lantolf (ed.),Sociocultural Theory
and Second Language Learning, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 155–77.
John Schumann
John Schumann has worked on affect and SLA, pidginization, acculturation,
complex adaptive systems, and the foundations of language development. He
has also published on the neurobiology of affect and language development.
“He is a free-thinking spirit that has had impact through his work on
acculturation, emotions and‘the interactional instinct’.”“The only applied
linguist who crosses the bridge to the neurobiology of language and a strong
believer in complex adaptive systems as a model for language and language
learning.”“Well known for his colored bowties.”
Schumann, J. (1978)The Pidginization Process: A Model for Second Language
Acquisition, Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
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