This book is the first volume devoted to mindset theory and practice in language education, offering interdisciplinary investigations into the motivation, competencies, emotions and wellbeing of language learners and teachers. Presenting studies from a vast array of language learning environments, the chapters explore topics such as students’ attitudes and motivation surrounding language learning, the effects of mindset on vocabulary acquisition, the mindsets of early career teachers and experienced language teachers, interventions on students’ mindsets and interventions that strengthen language teachers’ growth mindsets. The findings presented in this book will be of great interest to instructors and researchers alike and present essential developments for the field of applied linguistics and psychology of language learning and teaching. The book will be invaluable in improving the quality of the language learning experience for teachers and students in various academic environments.
Table of Content
Figures and Tables
Contributors
Kimberly A. Noels: Foreword
Chapter 1. Adrian Leis, Åsta Haukås, Nigel Mantou Lou and Sachiko Nakamura: A History and Definition of Mindsets
Part 1: Mindsets of Language Learners
Chapter 2. Mark Feng Teng and Atsushi Mizumoto: Developing and Validating a Growth Mindset Scale in Vocabulary Learning
Chapter 3. Sachiko Nakamura and Adrian Leis: Language Learning Emotions and Goal Orientations from the Perspective of Mindsets
Chapter 4. Matthew Apple, Glen Hill, Joseph Falout and Etsuko Shimo: ‘It’s Impossible’ – Comparing Mindsets and Motivations of STEM and Non-STEM Japanese University EFL Students
Chapter 5. Gholam Hassan Khajavy and Mahdieh Vaziri: The Role of Language Learners’ Perceptions of their Teachers’ Goals in Language Mindsets and Anxiety
Chapter 6. Pia Sundqvist: A Growth Language Learning Mindset in the Third Age: A Case Study of an Octogenarian
Part 2: Mindsets of Language Teachers
Chapter 7. Özkan Kırmızı: An Analysis of Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Use of Classroom Materials as Manifested through their Mindsets: A Case Study of Four Pre-Service EFL Teachers
Chapter 8. Ayşe Kızıldağ: EFL Teacher Mindsets from the Pre-Service Teachers’ Eyes
Chapter 9. Fadhila Yonata: An EFL Teacher Educator’s Mindsets and Professional Identity Development during a Ph D Program: An Autoethnographic Study
Chapter 10. Åsta Haukås and Sarah Mercer: Experienced Language Teachers’ Mindsets Regarding their Own Professional Development
Chapter 11. Yuan Yao and Weijun Wang: Investigating Chinese Secondary School English Teachers’ Decremental Mindset, Anxiety and Prevention-Focused Motivation: A Mixed Method Study
Part 3: Intervention Studies on Mindsets in Language Education
Chapter 12. Claudia V. Tapia Castillo: Developing a Growth Mindset Towards Language Learning to Facilitate Motivation
Chapter 13. Andy Van Drom and Nigel Mantou Lou: Learning How to Learn Leads to the Belief One Can Learn: The Motivational Dynamics of Metacognition and Language Mindset
Chapter 14. Martha A. Ramirez, Paula García and Isabel Tejada-Sánchez: Language Teacher Characteristics that Reflect Growth Mindset Pedagogy
Chapter 15. Adrian Leis, Åsta Haukås, Sachiko Nakamura and Nigel Mantou Lou: Future Directions of Mindsets in Language Education
Index
About the author
Nigel Mantou Lou is Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is Associate Editor of Psychology of Language and Communication and serves on the editorial board for several journals in the field.
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