Motivation is one of the key learner characteristics that determine the rate and success of language learning. This volume addresses motivation in language learning - motives associated with certain features of the language, the language learner, and the learning situation.

-Discusses and dissects the intriguingly complex characteristic of motivation in the process of language learning.

-Explores recent developments and the most important research directions in the field, including a selection of data-based studies by some of the best-known motivation researchers.