New Insights into Language Anxiety : : Theory, Research and Educational Implications / / ed. by Christina Gkonou, Mark Daubney, Jean-Marc Dewaele.

This book provides an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field of language anxiety and brings together a range of perspectives on this psychological construct in a single volume. Chapters in the volume are divided into three sections. Part 1 revisits language anxiety theory, sh...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part 1: Theoretical Insights
  • 2. An Overview of Language Anxiety Research and Trends in its Development
  • 3. On the Misreading of Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986) and the Need to Balance Anxiety Research and the Experiences of Anxious Language Learners
  • Part 2: Empirical Investigations
  • 4. Anxiety and L2 Self-Images: The 'Anxious Self'
  • 5. Are Perfectionists More Anxious Foreign Language Learners and Users?
  • 6. Social Anxiety and Silence in Japan's Tertiary Foreign Language Classrooms
  • 7. Do You See What I Feel? An Idiodynamic Assessment of Expert and Peer's Reading of Nonverbal Language Anxiety Cues
  • 8. Towards an Ecological Understanding of Language Anxiety
  • 9. Exploring the Relationship between Anxiety and Advanced Hungarian EFL Learners' Communication Experiences in the Target Language: A Study of High- vs Low-Anxious Learners
  • Part 3: Implications for Practice
  • 10. Anxious Language Learners Can Change Their Minds: Ideas and Strategies from Traditional Psychology and Positive Psychology
  • 11. The Links Between Self-Esteem and Language Anxiety and Implications for the Classroom
  • 12. Conclusion
  • Index