This document discusses different approaches to researching motivation in second language acquisition. It covers three phases of research: the social psychological period from 1959-1990 characterized by Robert Gardner's work; the cognitive-situated period of the 1990s which expanded on Gardner's theory; and new approaches of the past decade focused on motivational change and identity. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are discussed as well as mixed methods approaches that combine the two.

1. Researching L2 Motivation: Towards Combined Quantitative-Qualitative Paradigms Zoltán Dörnyei University of Nottingham (zoltan.dornyei@nottingham.ac.uk)

2. “ I don’t know what motivation is but it definitely keeps me going.”