Christine Muir is an Assistant Professor in Second Language Acquisition in the School of English, University of Nottingham. She has published on varied topics relating to the psychology of language learning and teaching, particularly in the area of individual and group-level motivation in language education. Recent publications include Directed motivational currents and language education: Exploring implications for pedagogy (in press, Multilingual Matters) and Role Models in Language Learning: Results of a Large-Scale International Survey (2019, Applied Linguistics, with Zoltán Dörnyei & Svenja Adolphs).
Foreword
Section One. Introducing DMCs and Intensive Group Projects
Chapter One. Key Threads in the Field L2 Motivation Research and the Emergence of Directed Motivational Currents
Chapter Two. What Exactly is a DMC? Key Definitions and Core Characteristics
Chapter Three. DMCs in the L2 Classroom: Group-DMCs and Intensive Group Projects ('with DMC Potential')
Section Two. DMCs Worldwide: A Truly Global Phenomenon?
Chapter Four. Section Two Methodology
Chapter Five. First Look Results: Investigating the Wider Relevance and Recognisability of DMCs
Chapter Six. Exploring Commonly Reported Triggers & the Experience of DMCs
Section Three. From Theory to Application: Group-DMCs in the L2 Classroom
Chapter Seven. Section Three Methodology
Chapter Eight. Group-DMC Emergence: Assessing the Evidence
Chapter Nine. Intensive Group Projects 'with DMC Potential': Refining the Key Criteria for Success
Section Four. The Future of DMC Research
Chapter Ten. Revisiting the Seven Frameworks for Focused Interventions & the Future of DMC Research
Afterword