| The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition Contributor(s): Gabryś-Barker, Danuta (Editor), Bielska, Joanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847699685 ISBN-13: 9781847699688 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $123.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Psycholinguistics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 418.007 |
| LCCN: 2013002061 |
| Series: Second Language Acquisition |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Affectivity is at the core of everything we do in life. Thus, its development is also central to learning/acquisition and is important for educational contexts. The studies presented in this volume consider the different contexts of language learning and examine different types of participants in this process. Most of them look at a formal instruction context, while others look beyond the classroom and even report on the author's own affectivity and its involvement in learning experiences. Affectivity is discussed here in relation to learners but also to teachers in their own professional contexts of teaching foreign languages. In the majority of cases, affectivity is explored in the case of bilinguals, but there are also articles which focus on multilingual language users and their affectivity as an evolving factor. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gabry -Barker, Danuta: - Danuta GabryA-Barker lectures in applied linguistics and second language acquisition at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. Her main areas of interest are multilingualism and affectivity in SLA. Professor GabryA-Barker has published numerous articles and two books Aspects of Multilingual Storage, Processing and Retrieval (2005) and Reflectivity in Pre-service Teacher Education (2012). She is the chief editor (together with Eva Vetter) of the International Journal of Multilingualism. |