Description
| Product ID: | 9781783095346 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Second Language Acquisition |
| Title: | Positive Psychology in SLA |
| Authors: | Author: Peter D. MacIntyre, Tammy Gregersen, Sarah Mercer |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Language acquisition, Language teaching and learning, Psychology: emotions, Language acquisition, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Psychology: emotions |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explores theories in positive psychology and their implications for language teaching, learning and communication. Chapters examine the characteristics of individuals, contexts and relationships that facilitate learning and present several new teaching ideas to develop and support them. Positive psychology is the scientific study of how human beings prosper and thrive. This is the first book in SLA dedicated to theories in positive psychology and their implications for language teaching, learning and communication. Chapters examine the characteristics of individuals, contexts and relationships that facilitate learning: positive emotional states such as love, enjoyment and flow, and character traits such as empathy, hardiness and perseverance. The contributors present several innovative teaching ideas to bring out these characteristics among learners. The collection thus blends new teaching techniques with cutting-edge theory and empirical research undertaken using qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods approaches. It will be of interest to SLA researchers, graduate students, trainee and experienced teachers who wish to learn more about language learning psychology, individual differences, learner characteristics and new classroom practices. |
| Imprint Name: | Multilingual Matters |
| Publisher Name: | Channel View Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-04-20 |
