the self-talk is one of psychological interventions that can be effective on improving and success in the motor performance and sport performance. so, the aim of the present study was to investigation effectiveness the motivational self-talkon secondary task performance (discrimination reaction time). 30 subjects have participated of the 160 students studying at the undergraduate from faculty o...

Recent studies elaborating on the L2 learning experience component of Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009), especially through a narrative identity perspective, mark new direction in motivation research. This paper extends this work by exploring connection between and ideal self components. Emerging from different theoretical origins, these components have proved difficult to reconcil...

self-assessment helps learners to acquire self-confidence and gives them insightfulfeedbacks. there is no valid self-assessment inventory for learners of english foracademic purposes (eap). this study aimed at developing an academicallyappropriate instrument to measure tertiary students’ english in academic situations.the study used both qualitative and quantitative methods in developing the se...

The present study examined the effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on handball performance using a novel task (nondominant arm) and a learned task (dominant arm) in primary school students. Participants were randomly assigned into two experimental groups (instructional and motivational) and one control group. The results revealed that for both tasks instructional and motivationa...

According to the three-tier hierarchy of motivational potency in the self system, the self can be divided into individual self, relational self, and collective self, and individual self is at the top of the motivational hierarchy in Western culture. However, the motivational primacy of the individual self is challenged in Chinese culture, which raises the question about whether the three-tier h...

While it is increasingly recognized that teachers have a crucial role to play in motivating learners, language teacher cognition research focuses on beliefs about second (L2) learner motivation and motivational practices still rare, particularly English for specific purposes (ESP) settings Asia. Furthermore, much of what available does not employ stimulated recall interviews facilitate comparis...