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- The only in-depth, detailed work specifically focusing on foreign language learner self-concept
- Combines insights about self-concept from psychology and applied linguistics/SLA in one comprehensive work
- Offers theoretical and practical relevance and is therefore of interest to both researchers and language teaching professionals in the field
Part of the book series: Educational Linguistics (EDUL, volume 12)
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“Towards an Understanding of Language Learner Self-Concept is an especially insightful and timely contribution. Using a strong, interdisciplinary approach that builds on reflections from current research in both psychology and applied linguistics, Mercer focuses on how learners form their English as a foreign language (EFL) self-concept. … I would have no hesitation in highly recommending this book to language teachers and others who are interested in self-concept or any self-related constructs.” (James Rock, JALT Journal, Vol. 35 (1), May, 2013)
“The book starts with a useful overview of the research domain, which culminates in a convincing argument for the need to depart from the dominant quantitative and hypothesis-testing approaches to researching self-concept and this is exactly what Mercer endeavours to do. … we indeed gain insights that typically remain hidden from the sight of more positivist-oriented researchers, but which resonate much more closely with the everyday experiences of language learners and teachers. The contribution that this book therefore makes to the field is unquestionable.” (Magdalena Kubanyiova, ELT Journal, Vol. 67 (1), January, 2013)
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Book Title: Towards an Understanding of Language Learner Self-Concept
Authors: Sarah Mercer
Series Title: Educational Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9569-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9568-8Published: 07 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3483-8Published: 25 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9569-5Published: 04 January 2011
Series ISSN: 1572-0292
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1656
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 222
Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics, Pedagogic Psychology