Mindsets in Language Education

Description

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. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Early Praise for Mindsets in Language Education Contents Figures and Tables Contributors Foreword 1. A History and Definition of Mindsets Part 1: Mindsets of Language Learners 2. Developing and Validating a Growth Mindset Scale in Vocabulary Learning 3. Language Learning Emotions and Goal Orientations from the Perspective of Mindsets 4. ‘It’s Impossible’ – Comparing Mindsets and Motivations of STEM and Non-STEM Japanese University EFL Students 5. The Role of Language Learners’ Perceptions of their Teachers’ Goals in Language Mindsets and Anxiety 6. A Growth Language Learning Mindset in the Third Age: A Case Study of an Octogenarian Part 2: Mindsets of Language Teachers 7. 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 8. EFL Teacher Mindsets from the Pre-Service Teachers’ Eyes 9. An EFL Teacher Educator’s Mindsets and Professional Identity Development during a PhD Program: An Autoethnographic Study 10. Experienced Language Teachers’ Mindsets Regarding their Own Professional Development 11. 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 12. Developing a Growth Mindset Towards Language Learning to Facilitate Motivation 13. Learning How to Learn Leads to the Belief One Can Learn: The Motivational Dynamics of Metacognition and Language Mindset 14. Language Teacher Characteristics that Reflect Growth Mindset Pedagogy 15. Future Directions of Mindsets in Language Education Index