The Impact of Self-Concept on Language Learning

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Kata Csizér, Michael Magid
Multilingual Matters, Aug 27, 2014 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 400 pages
This volume highlights the effects of self-concept on L2 learning and teaching by considering a wide range of theories as well as their practical application. The book includes chapters discussing various approaches related to self-concept; empirical studies related to the selves of the learners; research from the teachers' perspective on students' self-concept and L2 motivational intervention studies associated with the development of self-concept of language learners.
 

Contents

Chapter_1
1
Chapter_2
7
Chapter_3
19
Chapter_4
51
Chapter_5
73
Chapter_6
87
Chapter_7
108
Chapter_8
131
Chapter_12
206
Chapter_13
232
Chapter_14
250
Chapter_15
268
Chapter_16
289
Chapter_17
310
Chapter_18
333
Chapter_19
357

Chapter_9
155
Chapter_10
171
Chapter_11
189
Chapter_20
377
Chapter_21
403
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About the author (2014)

Kata Csizér is a Lecturer in the Department of English Applied Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary where she teaches various L2 motivation courses. Her main research focuses on the socio-psychological aspects of L2 learning and teaching as well as second and foreign language motivation.
Michael Magid is an English Language Pedagogy Specialist at the English Language Institute of Singapore. As an English Language Pedagogy Specialist, Michael draws on his experience of teaching English at all levels in Canada, England, China and Japan as well as his background in Applied Linguistics.

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