Tag: David Ockert

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 3, 2014] This paper is written in response to several requests for self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2000) based lesson plans / tasks that can be used in a communicative language teaching (CLT) class. The theoretical basis for the task presented herein can be… Continue reading Article: ‘Self-determination theory based lesson plans that work by utilizing autonomy, competence, and relatedness’ by David Ockert

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 5 | February 24, 2014] There are several types of motivational theories and much has been written on various theories of EFL learner motivation (e.g., Dörnyei, 2009a; Dornyei, 1998; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009; Gardner, 2001; Oxford, 1994; Oxford & Shearin, 1994). Ur (1996) proposed a distinction of two types of motivation for… Continue reading Article: ‘Gender differences that appear from a Self-Determination Theory survey of JHS students’ by David Ockert

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] In the November/December issue of The Language Teacher, internationally renowned author and educator Jack Richards commented that “Affect refers to a number of emotional factors that may influence language learning and language use” (Richards, 2012, p. 49). These emotions may range from excitement and enthusiasm to boredom,… Continue reading Article: ‘JHS students’ willingness to communicate: dyads, meetings, public speaking and with strangers’ by David Ockert