Engaging Language Learners in Contemporary Classrooms
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This accessible book offers a fresh perspective on engagement, with an emphasis on how teachers can create the conditions for active engagement and the role learners can play in shaping the way they learn. Drawing on extensive theoretical knowledge, the book takes an applied approach, providing clear principles and practical strategies for teachers.
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Language learners' willing engagement is a desideratum for developing communicative language ability.
“language learners' willing engagement is a desideratum for developing communicative language ability”
From Researching and Practicing Positive Psychology in Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: The Past, Current Status and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as Mercer and Dörnyei, 2020
One useful way to aid emergence of FLE in the classroom is teachers' conveying of support and friendliness to students.
“As shown in previous research, one useful way to aid emergence of FLE in the classroom is teachers' conveying of support and friendliness to students (Mercer and Dörnyei, 2020).”
From Researching and Practicing Positive Psychology in Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: The Past, Current Status and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as Mercer and Dörnyei, 2020
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Wang, Y., Derakhshan, A., & Zhang, L. J. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.731721 · Cited by 762 · see citing works
“As shown in previous research, one useful way to aid emergence of FLE in the classroom is teachers’ conveying of support and friendliness to students (Mercer and Dörnyei, 2020).”
BackgroundMethodEngagement in language learning: a systematic review of 20 years of research methods and definitions
Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Vitta, J. P., & Wu, J. (2024) · Language Teaching Research · doi:10.1177/13621688211001289 · Cited by 677 · see citing works
“Educators across the globe, in language education and beyond, increasingly recognize the difficulties of keeping learners engaged and focused on their learning in the face of a myriad of distractions (Mercer & Dörnyei, 2020).”
BackgroundThe Role of Experiential Learning on Students’ Motivation and Classroom Engagement
Kong, Y. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.771272 · Cited by 327 · see citing works
“Likewise, engagement is a construct that is shaped from the multifaceted relations of perceptions, feelings, and motivation which is corresponding to the progress of self-determination theory in the motivation realm (Mercer and Dörnyei, 2020).”
BackgroundKohnke, L., & Moorhouse, B. L. (2025) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2025.108600 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Li, Y., Wu, Y., & Chiu, T. K. F. (2026) · Journal of Research on Technology in Education · doi:10.1080/15391523.2025.2493942 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
“Moreover, teacher presence was considerably influential (Prestridge et al., 2024), as teachers were able to create supportive learning environments (Chiu, 2021, 2022) and take significant measures (Mercer & Dörnyei, 2020) to promote student engagement.”
- Authors
- Mercer, S., & Dörnyei, Z.
- Affiliations
- University of Graz (AT)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2020-03-12
- OpenAlex
- W3158801913
- Cited by
- 466
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 88 · 2025: 101 · 2024: 80 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 80.98
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Teaching Methods
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Keywords
- student engagement, language learning, active learning, learner autonomy, teacher strategies, teaching practice, student participation
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