Working, learning and living in groups is a central feature of humans, and therefore the study of groups ? called group dynamics ? is a vibrant academic field, overlapping diverse areas such as psychology, sociology, business studies and political science. It is also highly relevant to language educ[...]

The Psychology of Second Language Acquisition offers a systematic and accessible overview of the main psychological areas and theories in order to keep abreast of the ongoing paradigm shift. Readers will find succinct and up-to-date descriptions of a wide range of psycholinguistic and neuropsycholog[...]

Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing is the first guide in the second language field devoted to the question of how to produce and use questionnaires as reliable and valid research instruments. It offers a thorough overview of the theory of questio[...]

Besides a review of the relevant second language literature, this book presents a concise overview of the psychological research involving each topic. It focuses on a different individual difference variable. It is useful for students in linguistics, applied linguistics, modern languages, psychology[...]

Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success - and therefore crucial for the language teacher and researcher to understand.  This fully revised edition of a groundbreaking work reflects the dramatic changes the field of motivation research has undergone in recent years, i[...]