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Motivating Learners, Motivating Teachers: Building Vision in the Language Classroom

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The results show that visionary teaching, visionary learning is more important than ever in the development of language teacher motivation.
Abstract
1. Introduction 2. Background knowledge 3. Generating and enhancing vision in language learners 4. Revitalising language teacher motivation 5. Conclusion: visionary teaching, visionary learning.

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