Complexity Perspectives on Researching Language Learner and Teacher Psychology

Complexity Perspectives on Researching Language Learner and Teacher Psychology

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  • Author: Richard J. Sampson
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 178892357X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 422

This edited volume brings together both established and emerging researcher voices from around the world to illustrate how complexity perspectives might contribute to new ways of researching and understanding the psychology of language learners and teachers in situated educational contexts. Chapter authors discuss their own perspectives on researching within a complexity paradigm, exemplified by concrete and original examples from their research histories. Moreover, chapters explore research approaches to a variety of learner and teacher psychological foci of interest in SLA. Examples include: anxiety, classroom group dynamics and group-level motivation, cognition and metacognition, emotions and emotion regulation strategies, learner reticence and silence, motivation, self-concept and willingness to communicate.


Complexity in Second Language Study Emotions

Complexity in Second Language Study Emotions

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  • Author: Richard J. Sampson
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 100063194X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 90

This book offers a socially situated view of the emergence of emotionality for additional language (L2) learners in classroom interaction in Japan. Grounded in a complexity perspective, the author argues that emotions need to be studied as they are dynamically experienced and understood in all of their multidimensional colors by individuals (in interaction). Via practitioner research, Sampson applies a small-lens focus, interweaving experiential and discursive data, offering possibilities for exploring, interpreting and representing the lived experience of L2 study emotions in a more holistic yet detailed, social yet individual fashion. Amidst the currently expanding interest in L2 study emotions, the book presents a strong case for the benefits of locating interpretations of the emergence of L2 study emotions back into situated, dynamic, social context. Sampson’s work will be of interest to students and researchers in second language acquisition and L2 learning psychology.


The Psychology of the Language Learner

The Psychology of the Language Learner

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  • Author: Zoltán Dörnyei
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135704783
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 283

The scope of individual learner differences is broad, yet there is no current, comprehensive, and unified volume that provides an overview of the considerable amount of research conducted on various language learner differences, until now.


Researching Language Learning Motivation

Researching Language Learning Motivation

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  • Author: Ali H. Al-Hoorie
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1350166901
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

One of the most active areas in the field of second language acquisition, language learning motivation is a burgeoning area of research. Yet the plethora of new ideas and research directions can be confusing for newcomers to the discipline to navigate. Offering concise, bite-size overviews of key contemporary research concepts and directions, this book provides an invaluable guide to the contemporary state of the field. Making the discussion of key topics accessible to a wider audience, each chapter is written by a leading expert and reflects on cutting-edge research issues. From well-established concepts, such as engagement and learning goals, to emerging ideas, including contagion and plurilingualism, this book provides easy to understand overviews and analysis of key contemporary themes. Helping readers understand a field which can appear highly technical and overwhelming, Researching Language Learning Motivation provides valuable insights, perspectives and practical applications.


The Routledge Handbook of the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

The Routledge Handbook of the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

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  • Author: Tammy Gregersen
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000439909
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 642

This state-of-the-art volume is the first to capture a hybrid discipline that studies the role and linguistic implications of the human mind in language learning and teaching. This Handbook considers individual as well as collective factors in language learners and teachers from an array of new empirical constructs and theoretical perspectives, including implications for practice and “myths, debates, and disagreements” in the field, and points to future directions for research. This collection of stellar contributions is an essential resource for researchers, advanced students, and teachers working in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, psychology, and education.


East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education

East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education

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  • Author: Jim King
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1788926781
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 290

Silence is a key pedagogical issue in language education. Seen by some as a space for thinking and reflection during the learning process, for others silence represents a threat, inhibiting target language interaction which is so vital during second language acquisition. This book eschews stereotypes and generalisations about why so many learners from East Asia seem either reluctant or unable to speak in English by providing a state-of-the art account of current research into the complex and ambiguous issue of silence in language education. The innovative research included in this volume focuses on silence both as a barrier to successful learning and as a resource that may in some cases facilitate language acquisition. The book offers a fresh perspective on ways to facilitate classroom interaction while also embracing silence and it touches on key pedagogical concepts such as teacher cognition, the role of task features, classroom interactional approaches, pedagogical intervention and socialisation, willingness to communicate, as well as psychological and sociocultural factors. Each of the book’s chapters include self-reflection and discussion tasks, as well as annotated bibliographies for further reading.


Language Teacher Psychology

Language Teacher Psychology

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  • Author: Sarah Mercer
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 178309947X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 307

To date, the majority of work in language learning psychology has focused on the learner. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to teacher psychology. This volume seeks to redress the imbalance by bringing together various strands of research into the psychology of language teachers. It consists of 19 contributions on well-established areas of teacher psychology, as well as areas that have only recently begun to be explored. This original collection, which covers a multitude of theoretical and methodological perspectives, makes a significant contribution to the emerging field of language teacher psychology as a domain of inquiry within language education.


Teaching and Researching Motivation

Teaching and Researching Motivation

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  • Author: Zoltán Dörnyei
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 135100672X
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 207

Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success – and therefore crucial for the language teacher and researcher to understand. The third edition of Teaching and Researching Motivation reflects the dramatic changes in the field of motivation research. With an increased emphasis on dynamic perspectives on motivation and its relations with other individual, social and contextual factors, this book offers ways in which advances in the field can be put to practical use in the classroom and in research. Key new features and material: exploration of the motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs); principles for designing L2 motivational studies; discussion of emerging areas of research, including unconscious motivation and language learning mindsets. Providing a clear and comprehensive theory-driven account of motivation, Teaching and Researching Motivation examines how theoretical insights can be used in everyday teaching practice. The final section provides a range of useful resources, including relevant websites, key reference works and an online repository of tools and instruments for researching language learning motivation. Fully revised by pre-eminent researchers in this field, Zoltán Dörnyei and Ema Ushioda, this is an invaluable resource for teachers and researchers alike.


Second Language Task Complexity

Second Language Task Complexity

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  • Author: Peter Robinson
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 9027207194
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 358

Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that complex tasks should promote greater accuracy and complexity of speech and writing, as well as more interaction, and learning of information provided in the input to task performance, than simpler tasks. Implications are drawn concerning the basic pedagogic claim of the Cognition Hypothesis, that tasks should be sequenced for learners from simple to complex during syllabus design. Containing theoretical discussion of the Cognition Hypothesis, and cutting-edge empirical studies of the effects of task complexity on second language learning and performance, this book will be important reading for language teachers, graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive and educational psychology.


The Role of Teacher Interpersonal Variables in Students’ Academic Engagement, Success, and Motivation

The Role of Teacher Interpersonal Variables in Students’ Academic Engagement, Success, and Motivation

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  • Author: Ali Derakhshan
  • Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
  • ISBN: 2889748375
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 636