Positive Psychology in SLA / Peter D. MacIntyre, Tammy Gregersen, Sarah Mercer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gregersen, Tammy, Editor.

MacIntyre, Peter D., Editor.

Mercer, Sarah, Editor.

Series:

Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 97.

Second Language Acquisition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition--Psychological aspects.

Second language acquisition.

Positive psychology.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 388 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, and character traits such as empathy, hardiness and perseverance. The contributors present several innovative teaching ideas to bring out these characteristics among learners. The collection thus blends new teaching techniques with cutting-edge theory and empirical research undertaken using qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods approaches. It will be of interest to SLA researchers, graduate students, trainee and experienced teachers who wish to learn more about language learning psychology, individual differences, learner characteristics and new classroom practices.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

1 Introduction

2 Toward a Psychology of Well- Being for Language Learners: The ‘EMPATHICS’ Vision

3 Seeing the World Through Your Eyes: Empathy in Language Learning and Teaching

4 The Dynamics of Past Selves in Language Learning and Well-Being

5 Language Learning and Teaching: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

6 Positive Psychology Exercises Build Social Capital for Language Learners: Preliminary Evidence

7 The Triumph Over Experience: Hope and Hardiness in Novice L2 Teachers

8 Advanced Language Learners’ Experiences of Flow in the Hungarian EFL Classroom

9 Foreign Language Enjoyment and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety: The Right and Left Feet of the Language Learner

10 Accentuate the Positive: Conceptual and Empirical Development of the Positive L2 Self and Its Relationship to L2 Proficiency

11 Affect in Directed Motivational Currents: Positive Emotionality in Long-Term L2 Engagement

12 Project Perseverance: Helping Students Become Self-Regulating Learners

13 Happiness in ESL/EFL: Bringing Positive Psychology to the Classroom

14 Teaching to Learn and Well-Become: Many Mini- Renaissances

15 Why and How to Use Positive Psychology Activities in the Second Language Classroom

16 Music and Language Learning: Emotions and Engaging Memory Pathways

17 Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781783095377

1783095377

9781783095360

1783095369

OCLC:

945735914