TheAffective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition / / ed. by Danuta Gabryś-Barker, Joanna Bielska.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Bielska, Joanna,; Gabryś-Barker, Danuta,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Affectivity is at the core of everything we do in life. Thus, its development is also central to learning/acquisition and is important for educational contexts. The studies presented in this volume consider the different contexts of language learning and examine different types of participants in this process. Most of them look at a formal instruction context, while others look beyond the classroom and even report on the author's own affectivity and its involvement in learning experiences. Affectivity is discussed here in relation to learners but also to teachers in their own professional contexts of teaching foreign languages. In the majority of cases, affectivity is explored in the case of bilinguals, but there are also articles which focus on multilingual language users and their affectivity as an evolving factor.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part 1. Affective Variables in Language Learning -- Part 2. Motivation, Attitudes and Learning Experiences -- Part 3. Affectivity in Language Production -- Part 4. Affective Dimension in Educational Contexts -- Conclusions -- References