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  • Willingness to Communicate, Multilingualism and Interactions in Community Contexts

    Series Book 22 - Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
    This book presents the findings of an in-depth qualitative longitudinal investigation into the willingness to communicate (WTC) of individuals who, through varying migration channels, left one cultural/linguistic context to make a new life in another. It examines communication behaviours and language choice in multilingual community contexts and emphasises how even the most trivial of ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Language Motivation Theory

    60 Years Since Gardner and Lambert (1959)

    Series Book 3 - Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
    This book brings together contributions from the leaders of the language learning motivation field. The varied chapters demonstrate how Gardner’s work remains integral to a diverse range of contemporary theoretical issues underlying the psychology of language, even today, 60 years after the publication of Gardner and Lambert’s seminal 1959 paper. The chapters cover a wide selection of topics ... Read more

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  • Capitalizing on Language Learners' Individuality

    From Premise to Practice

    Series Book 72 - Second Language Acquisition
    This book closes the gap between theory and classroom application by capitalizing on learners’ individuality in second or foreign language learning. The book examines the existing literature and theoretical underpinnings of each of the most prominent learner characteristics including anxiety, beliefs, cognitive abilities, motivation, strategies, styles and willingness to communicate. This strong ... Read more

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  • Optimizing Language Learners’ Nonverbal Behavior

    From Tenet to Technique

    Series Book 112 - Second Language Acquisition
    This book highlights the pivotal role that nonverbal behavior plays in target language communication, affect and cognition. It integrates research tenets and video demonstrations of nonverbal behavior with structured activities that will guide teachers and learners of any language to capitalize on the nonverbal means at their disposal. It does not shy away from the challenges that nonverbal ... Read more

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  • Positive Psychology in SLA

    Series Book 97 - Second Language Acquisition
    Positive psychology is the scientific study of how human beings prosper and thrive. This is the first book in SLA dedicated to theories in positive psychology and their implications for language teaching, learning and communication. Chapters examine the characteristics of individuals, contexts and relationships that facilitate learning: positive emotional states such as love, enjoyment and flow, ... Read more

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  • Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning

    Series Book 81 - Second Language Acquisition
    This landmark volume offers a collection of conceptual papers and empirical research studies that investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective. The contributors include some of the most well-established scholars from three continents, all addressing the question of how we can understand motivation if we perceive it as continuously changing and ... Read more

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    Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base their recommendations on evidence. That is now uncontroversial to the point of triviality--of course, policy should be based on the facts. But are the methods that policy makers rely on to gather and analyze evidence the right ones? In Evidence-Based Policy, Nancy Cartwright, an eminent scholar, and Jeremy ... Read more

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    Series Book 96 - Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics
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