Investigating dynamic relationships among individual difference variables in learning English as a foreign language in a virtual world / Mariusz Kruk.
2021
PE1128.A2
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Title
Investigating dynamic relationships among individual difference variables in learning English as a foreign language in a virtual world / Mariusz Kruk.
Author
Kruk, Mariusz, 1971- author.
ISBN
9783030652692 (electronic bk.)
3030652696 (electronic bk.)
9783030652685
3030652688
3030652696 (electronic bk.)
9783030652685
3030652688
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 148 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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10.1007/978-3-030-65269-2 doi
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PE1128.A2
Dewey Decimal Classification
428.0071
370.15
370.15
Summary
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.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 11, 2021).
Series
Second language learning and teaching. 2193-7648
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Table of Contents
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.
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.