Person
Professor
- English Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail alastair.henryenglund.luse
Room SOL:H317b
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I am a Professor in Language Education at the Centre for Languages and Literature.
My research involves the psychology of language learning and language teaching. I am interested in motivation, language learners’ communication behaviors, language teachers’ motivational practices and teacher identity development. I have a particular interest in multilingualism, and have investigated motivation in relation to English, Modern Languages, and Swedish as a Second Language.
I have been the principal investigator for three projects financed by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).
Motivational teaching in Swedish Secondary English (MoTiSSE), 2014–2018 (7 400 000 SEK)
Migration, Host-country language learning, and the influence of global English, 2019–2022 (4 400 000 SEK).
Progress in Language Learning (PILL), 2025–2028 (4 500 000 SEK)
I am a co-PI for the project Motivation in Modern Languages (MoMS) (SkolFi, 4 400 000 SEK) and a project leader in the RJ-program TEAM (25 800 000 SEK)
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My profile in Lund University research portalAwards
2013 Language Teaching Christopher Brumfit Thesis Award, (Runner Up)
2015 Best European Learning Materials Award (BELMA), (Shortlisted)
2023 Modern Language Journal, Research Article Award
2024 International Association of Psychology of Language Learning (IAPLL), Distinguished Scholar Award
2025 American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Research Article Award
Academic Service
Journal editor
2022–2024 co-Editor, Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning
2025 – present Brief Reports Editor, TESOL Quarterly
Membership of editorial boards
2020 – present Multilingual and MulticulturalDevelopment
2021 – present System
2022 – present The Modern LanguageJournal
2023 – present Language TeachingResearch Quarterly
Professor
- English Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail alastair.henryenglund.luse
Room SOL:H317b
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20