Researching Second Language Learning and Teaching from a Psycholinguistic Perspective

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Learner-Related Variables in Second Language Acquisition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Foreign Language Learning from the Perspective of Individual Well-Being

      • Anna Michońska-Stadnik

      Pages 3-11

   3. ‘Biasing for the Best’: Looking at New Elements in a Model of Language Learner Well-Being

      • Rebecca L. Oxford

      Pages 13-25

   4. Spacetimes of Multilingualism

      • Larissa Aronin, Ulrike Jessner

      Pages 27-35

   5. Polish Adolescents’ Perceptions of English and Their Desire to Learn It

      • Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel

      Pages 37-52

   6. Investigating Language Learning Motivation from an Ideal Language-Self Perspective: The Case of English Majors in Poland

      • Mirosław Pawlak

      Pages 53-69

   7. Reading for Remembering: On the Long-Term Impact of Starting Age on Retention and Recall of Target Language Input

      • Simone E. Pfenninger, David Singleton

      Pages 71-86

   8. Studying English in Senior Years: A Psycholinguistic Perspective

      • Anna Niżegorodcew

      Pages 87-104

   9. Why L2 Readers Cannot Play a Psycholinguistic Guessing Game

      • Halina Chodkiewicz

      Pages 105-120

   10. Stages in the Acquisition of Foreign Lexis

       • Janusz Arabski

       Pages 121-126

3. Aspects of Teacher Awareness in Second Language Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Pitfalls of Attribution—Conversational Styles in Language Education

      • Hanna Komorowska

      Pages 129-147

   3. Performing Intercultural Pragmatics: Laughter and the Need for Repair

      • Alison Phipps

      Pages 149-165

   4. Teaching Matters: Enjoyment and Job Satisfaction

      • Liliana Piasecka

      Pages 167-182

   5. Authenticity, Authentic Texts and TEFL. A Psycholinguistic Perspective

      • Maria Dakowska

      Pages 183-200

   6. Precision (and Accuracy) in Academic Written and Spoken English. An Exercise in Awareness-Raising

      • Andrzej Łyda

      Pages 201-222

   7. A Post-methods Perspective on ELT Materials in Pre-war Poland

      • Zbigniew P. Możejko

      Pages 223-235

   8. Breaking Down the Barriers of Online Teaching: Training TESOL Teachers in a Virtual Environment

      • Beata Malczewska-Webb, Alicia Vallero, Christian Peter King, Simon Hunter

      Pages 237-258

   9. Educating Teachers—Reflectivity Through a Polish-Austrian Lens

      • Eva Vetter

      Pages 259-272

This edited collection explores the processes of second language learning and teaching from a psycholinguistic perspective. Authored by leading experts in the field, the book includes studies focusing on theoretical, empirical and practical aspects of second and foreign language education. Part One offers contributions devoted to a range of learner-related factors, dealing with affective and cognitive variables, the process of reading and the acquisition of lexis. Part Two brings together papers related to teacher awareness of second language instruction that focus on conversational styles, fostering intercultural pragmatics, teacher job satisfaction, the development of instructional materials and challenges of teacher training in different contexts. It is of interest to researchers as well as graduate and postgraduate students seeking fresh inspirations for their own empirical investigations of the ways in which second and foreign languages are taught and learned.

• Second Language Acquisition
• Second Language Instruction
• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive and Affective Variables
• Teacher Awareness

• Institute of English, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

  Dagmara Gałajda, Paweł Zakrajewski

• Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland

  Mirosław Pawlak

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