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Investigating Individual Learner Differences in Second Language Learning

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Editors:
  1. Mirosław Pawlak

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

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  • Presents the results of cutting-edge research on the role of individual differences in second language learning and teaching
  • Includes studies bound to provide an impulse for future investigations of the individual difference factors in question
  • Covers wide spectrum of individual difference variables
  • Provides concrete implications for everyday classroom practice

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Interrelationship of Language Learning Autonomy, Self-Efficacy, Motivation and Emotions: The Investigation of Hungarian Secondary School Students

    • Kata Csizér, Ágnes Albert, Katalin Piniel
    Pages 1-21

  3. Psychological Aspects of Self Across Contexts: A Comparison of China, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States

    • Amy S. Thompson, Liss Kerstin Sylvén, Yao Liu, Fahad Alharbi
    Pages 23-48

  4. The Changing Nature of Foreign Language Anxiety: The Case of Individual Learners

    • Mariusz Kruk, Joanna Zawodniak
    Pages 49-72

  5. Investigating Second Language Pronunciation Anxiety in the Japanese Context

    • Harumi Kimura
    Pages 73-93

  6. In-Class Willingness to Communicate in English Among Third Agers: Results of a Questionnaire Study

    • Anna Borkowska
    Pages 95-113

  7. Vocabulary Learning Strategies and the Representation of L2 and L3 Words in the Mental Lexicon

    • Teresa Maria Włosowicz
    Pages 115-150

  8. Pronunciation Learning Strategies Used by EFL University Students: A Classroom-Based Investigation

    • Sharif Alghazo
    Pages 151-171

  9. Beliefs About Grammar Instruction and the Mastery of the English Passive Voice

    • Mirosław Pawlak
    Pages 173-188

  10. Foreign Language Learners’ Pronunciation Learning Beliefs and Strategies

    • Magdalena Szyszka
    Pages 189-205

  11. Oral Corrective Feedback in University EFL Contexts: The Interplay Between Students’ and Teacher’s Beliefs

    • Adelina Sánchez Centeno, María Celina Barbeito
    Pages 207-229

  12. Teacher Learning in Action: Reflection on Responses to an Evidence-Based Task on Teaching English to Young Learners

    • Melanie Ellis
    Pages 231-252
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About this book

This edited book brings together ten empirical papers reporting original studies investigating different facets of individual variation second language learning and teaching. The individual difference factors covered include, among others, motivation, self, anxiety, emotions, willingness to communicate, beliefs, age, and language learning strategies. What is especially important, some of the contributions to the volume offer insights into intricate interplays of these factors while others attempt to relate them to learning specific target language subsystems or concrete instructional options. All the chapters also include tangible implications for language pedagogy. The book is of interest to both researchers examining the role of individual variation in second language learning and teaching, teacher trainers, graduate and doctoral students in foreign languages departments, as well as practitioners wishing to enhance the effectiveness of second language instruction in their classrooms.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Mirosław Pawlak

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Investigating Individual Learner Differences in Second Language Learning

  • Editors: Mirosław Pawlak

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75726-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75725-0Published: 02 June 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75726-7Published: 01 June 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 252

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education

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