Zoltán Dörnyei
The native form of this personal name is Dörnyei Zoltán. This article uses the Western name order.
| Zoltán Dörnyei | |
|---|---|
 Zoltán Dörnyei, August 2012 | |
| Born |
11 March 1960 Budapest, Hungary |
| Residence | Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | Eötvös Loránd University |
| Website |
www |
| Institutions |
Eötvös Loránd University University of Nottingham |
Main interests | Second-language acquisition, Motivation in second-language learning |
Notable ideas | L2 Motivational Self System |
Zoltán Dörnyei (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈzoltaːn ˈdørɲɛi]) is a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.[1] He is renowned for his work on motivation in second-language learning and has published numerous books and papers on this topic.[2]
Career
Dörnyei was educated in Hungary and completed his PhD in Psycholinguistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. He began his career at the School of English and American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University in 1988. In 1998, he moved to the United Kingdom and after two years at Thames Valley University, he took up a position at the School of English, University of Nottingham.[3]
Academic Awards
- Ben Warren International House Trust Prize (2010)
- ILTA Best Paper Award (2006)[4]
- Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize of the Modern Association of America (1999)
- Distinguished Research Award of the American TESOL Organization (1998)
- Gombócz Zoltán Award of the Hungarian Association of Linguists (1994)
Notable alumni
Bibliography
See a full bibliography on Dörnyei's personal homepage .
Main Monographs
- Dörnyei. Z., MacIntyre, P., & Henry, A. (Eds.) (2015). Motivational dynamics in language learning. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
- Dörnyei. Z., & Kubanyiova, M. (2014). Motivating students, motivating teachers: Building vision in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wong, M. S., Kristjánsson, C., & Dörnyei, Z. (Eds.). (2013). Christian faith and English language teaching and learning: Research on the interrelationship of religion and ELT. New York: Routledge.
- Dörnyei, Z. & Ushioda, E. (2011). Teaching and researching motivation (2nd ed.). Harlow: Longman.
- Dörnyei, Z. (2010). Questionnaires in second language research: Construction, administration, and processing (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
- Dörnyei, Z. (2009). The psychology of second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Dörnyei, Z., & Ushioda, E. (Eds.). (2009). Motivation, language identity and the L2 self. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
- Dörnyei, Z. (2007). Research methods in applied linguistics: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodologies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Dörnyei, Z., Csizér, K., & Németh, N. (2006). Motivation, language attitudes and globalisation: A Hungarian perspective. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.
- Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Dörnyei, Z., & Murphey, T. (2003). Group dynamics in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Dörnyei, Z. (2001). Motivational strategies in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Ehrman, M., & Dörnyei, Z. (1998). Interpersonal dynamics in second language education: The visible and invisible classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
References
- ↑ Kormos, J. (2013). Dörnyei, Zoltán. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), The encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (on-line). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
- ↑ Dörnyei, Z. (2012). Motivation in language learning. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, Chapter 1: From English Language Teaching to Psycholinguistics: A Story of Three Decades.
- ↑ "Official University website for Zoltán Dörnyei".
- ↑ "2006 ILTA Best Paper Award". International Language Testing Association. 2 July 2006.
External links
- Zoltán Dörnyei's personal website: http://www.zoltandornyei.co.uk/
- Professor Dörnyei on University of Nottingham's website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/people/zoltan.dornyei
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