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