I appreciated your post “The Second-Book Problem,” as it describes (more accurately than I care to admit) the situation I’m in. My first book was published in September 2020. It was nonfiction. There ...

Recent scholarly efforts have advanced our understanding of writing instruction by examining both the cognitive and motivational dimensions that underpin student development. Research in this area has ...

Emerging research in automated writing evaluation (AWE) has demonstrated its growing utility in language learning contexts through the provision of immediate, personalised feedback to support writing ...

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Intrinsic motivation is when you are motivated by personal satisfaction or enjoyment instead of external factors like reward or punishment. There are ways to make tasks more intrinsically motivating.

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