Self-Concept in Foreign Language Learning: A Longitudinal Study of Japanese Language Learners [Paperback]

This book explores self-concept in foreign language (FL) learning, tracing the trajectories of a group of Japanese language learners at an Australian university to illuminate new insights about the factors impacting positive self-concept and implications for language learning more broadly.

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction and background of the study

Self in second/foreign language acquisition

Self-concept and other self-related constructs

Conceptual models of academic self-concept

The subject-specificity of self-concept

Self-concept and achievement

Internal and external (social) comparisons

Internal/external comparisons and affect

Big-fish-little-pond effect

Internal/external comparisons and goals

Feedback from significant others

Attribution of success and failure

Self-concept in the transition to different learning contexts

Aim and overview of the book

Chapter 2: Foreign language self-concepts, beliefs and ideal second language selves

Mercers internal/external frames of reference in foreign language self-concept formation

Internal frames of reference for FL self-concept formation

External frames of reference for FL self-concept formation

Learners self-presentations in second and foreign languages

The ideal L2 self and thlc&