The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner
This edited volume offers a series of state-of-the-art conceptual papers and empirical research studies which consider how contextual factors at multiple levels dynamically interact with individuals to influence how they go about the complex business of l
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Also by Jim King SILENCE IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner Edited by
Jim King University of Leicester, UK
Introduction, selection and editorial content © Jim King 2016 Individual chapters © their respective authors 2016 Foreword © Diane Larsen-Freeman 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-45712-7
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ISBN 978-1-349-57489-6 ISBN 978-1-137-45713-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137457134 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The dynamic interplay between context and the language learner / edited by Jim King, University of Leicester, UK. pages cm Includes indexes. 1. Second language acquisition – Psychological aspects – Research. 2. Cognitive learning – Psychological aspects – Research. 3. Applied linguistics – Research. 4. Psycholinguistics – Research. I. King, Jim, 1974– editor. P118.2.D96 2015 418.0071—dc23
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For Emmy, a little language learner who doesn’t realise it yet
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Contents
List of Illustrations
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Foreword Diane Larsen-Freeman
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction to the Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner Jim King
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The Contexts within Me: L2 Self as a Complex Dynamic System Sarah Mercer
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The Dynamic Interplay of the Ideal Self, Mental Imagery and Context: A Language Learner
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