Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA.

Instead of viewing different perspectives on the self as competing with each other and considering one perspective on the self as being inherently 'better' than another, this book takes the view that a fuller, more comprehensive picture of the self in SLA can be gained by examining and com...

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Main Author: Mercer, Sarah
Other Authors: Williams, Marion
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Clevedon : Channel View Publications, 2014.
Series:Second Language Acquisition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Self-Efficacy in Second Language Acquisition; 3 The Dynamics of Second Language Confidence: Contact and Interaction; 4 Self-Esteem and Self-Concept in Foreign Language Learning; 5 Identity and Poststructuralist Theory in SLA; 6 Dual Identities Perceived by Bilinguals; 7 Relational Views of the Self in SLA; 8 Imagined and Possible Selves: Stories We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves; 9 Motivational Perspectives on the Self in SLA: A Developmental View; 10 Brain and Self: A Neurophilosophical Account; 11 The Self from a Complexity Perspective.