The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction to the Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner....Pages 1-10
The Contexts within Me: L2 Self as a Complex Dynamic System....Pages 11-28
The Dynamic Interplay of the Ideal Self, Mental Imagery and Context: A Language Learner’s Journey of Success....Pages 29-46
Past Selves: Emerging Motivational Guides across Temporal Contexts....Pages 47-65
When the Learner Becomes the Context: Strategic Identity Display in Learning English as a Foreign Language in Europe....Pages 66-83
The Context-Sensitivity of Self-Concept and Willingness to Communicate in the Chinese EFL Classroom: A Case Study....Pages 84-103
Talk and Silence in an EFL Classroom: Interplay of Learners and Context....Pages 104-126
Classroom Silence and the Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner: A Stimulated Recall Study....Pages 127-150
The Dynamic Interplay between Language and Social Context in the Language Classroom: Interpersonal Turn Taking for ELF Learners....Pages 151-171
A Dynamic Perspective on Student Language Teachers’ Different Learning Pathways in a Collaborative Context....Pages 172-193
Language Learning in Context: Complex Dynamic Systems and the Role of Mixed Methods Research....Pages 194-224
Context and Inference in Language Testing....Pages 225-241
Back Matter....Pages 243-251