Investigating Dynamic Relationships Among Individual Difference Variables in Learning English as a Foreign Language in a Virtual World

Mariusz Kruk (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIV, 148 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-65268-5 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on the dynamic relationships among individual difference (ID) variables (i.e., willingness to communicate, motivation, language anxiety and boredom) in learning English as a foreign language in the virtual world Second Life. The theoretical part provides an overview of selected issues related to the four ID factors in question (e.g., definitions, models, sources, types, empirical investigations). The empirical part reports the findings of a research project which aimed to examine the changing nature of WTC, motivation, boredom and language anxiety experienced by six English majors during their visits to the said virtual world, the main contributors to the changes in the levels of the constructs under investigation, as well as their relationships. The book closes with the discussion of directions for further research as well as pedagogical implications.

Mariusz Kruk, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland.

1. The constructs of willingness to communicate, motivation, boredom and language anxiety: Overview of selected issues.- 2. Empirical investigations into WTC, motivation, boredom and language anxiety in traditional and digital contexts.- 3. Design of the study.- 4.Findings of the study.- 5. Conclusions, pedagogical implications and directions for future research.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Second Language Learning and Teaching
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 148 p. 18 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	418 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Schlagworte	Dynamic relationships • Individual Learner Differences • Micro-Perspective • Virtual Worlds • WTC, motivation, language anxiety and boredom
ISBN-10	3-030-65268-8 / 3030652688
ISBN-13	978-3-030-65268-5 / 9783030652685
Zustand	Neuware