Taking My Motivational Temperature on a Language Task

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

10 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

This assessment can be found in both of the following sources:

 

Cohen, A.D. & Dörnyei, Z. (2019). Taking my motivational temperature on a language task. In B. Kappler Mikk, A.D. Cohen, & R.M. Paige (Eds.), Maximizing study abroad: An instructional guide to strategies for language and culture learning and use (p. 405). University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. http://archive.carla.umn.edu/maxsa/guides.html

 

Cohen, A.D. & Dörnyei, Z. (2014). Taking my motivational temperature on a language task. In R.M. Paige, A.D. Cohen, B. Kappler Mikk, J.C. Chi, & J.P. Lassegard (Eds.), Maximizing study abroad: A students' guide to strategies for language and culture learning and use (2nd ed., pp. 169-172). University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. http://archive.carla.umn.edu/maxsa/guides.html

Tags:

  1. Assessment
  2. assessment instruments
  3. communication
  4. emotional resilience
  5. emotions
  6. formative assessment
  7. self-awareness
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  1. User kyngve's profile picture kyngve 9:14 am 21 July 2020

    Motivation is huge in language learning; thus it's surprising how seldom this is addressed in the classroom.  This is primarily intended to be a self-accountability tool, although it could also be used to help a language instructor feel out the likely degree of students' engagement.