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Author(s): Sarah Mercer, Stephen Ryan, Marion Williams (eds.)
ISBN(s): 9781137032829, 1137032820
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.46 MB
Year: 2012
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1137032820

ISBN 13: 9781137032829 

Author: Sarah Mercer, Stephen Ryan, Marion Williams

Offering a timely snapshot of current theory and research in the field of psychology in foreign language learning, this book is accessible to both specialists and non-specialists. Each chapter focuses on a different psychological construct and provides an overview of current thinking in the area drawing on insights from educational psychology.

Table of contents:

  1. Front Matter

  2. Introduction

  3. Self-concept: Situating the Self

  4. Identity: The Situated Construction of Identity and Positionality in Multilingual Classrooms

  5. Personality: Personality Traits as Independent and Dependent Variables

  6. Motivation: L2 Learning as a Special Case?

  7. Implicit Theories: Language Learning Mindsets

  8. Attribution: Looking Back and Ahead at the ‘Why’ Theory

  9. Affect: The Role of Language Anxiety and Other Emotions in Language Learning

  10. Willingness to Communicate: Momentary Volition that Results in L2 Behaviour

  11. Strategies: The Interface of Styles, Strategies, and Motivation on Tasks

  12. Learning Styles: Traversing the Quagmire

  13. Metacognition: Awareness of Language Learning

  14. Goal Orientations: Three Perspectives on Motivation Goal Orientations

  15. Self-directed Learning: Concepts, Practice, and a Novel Research Methodology

  16. Group Dynamics: Collaborative Agency in Present Communities of Imagination

  17. Conclusion: Final Remarks

  18. Back Matter

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