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Foreign Language Education - From Lived Experience to the Classroom and Back

Olivier ElzingreStudio 7

Based on interview data collected during the doctoral thesis I completed in 2023, this workshops presents several examples of motivational trajectories of high school learners of French in Melbourne. I discuss motivational factors that can be controlled by teachers to some extent as well as other factors which may not. I also discuss the significance of L2 motivation in the Australian (Victorian) high school context, inviting the audience to share their experiences. I make reference to the curricular structures in terms of enabling constraints. I will open a discussion on some of the most significant motivational strategies found to enhance engagement and thus increase success potentials. Finally, I will offer a conversation about the notion of success in the language classroom - what constitutes success?

Fri 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
engagement, senior secondary, year 7-10