Role of self-esteem in foreign language learning and teaching.

Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 Psychological and Pedagogical Background of Self-esteem; 1.1 Cognition and Affect as Inextricable Components of Learning; 1.2 The Importance of the Affective Domain in General Functioning, Education and Second Language Acquisition; 1.2.1 Psychological Functioning; 1.2.2 Education; 1.2.3 Second Language Acquisition (SLA); 1.3 Self and Self-related Concepts; 1.3.1 Self-esteem from the Historical Perspective; 1.3.2 The Typology of Self-esteem; 1.3.3 Other Typologies of Self-esteem; 1.3.3.1 Trait and State Self-esteem

1.3.3.2 Contingent and True Self-esteem1.3.3.3 Explicit and Implicit, Fragile and Genuine Self-esteem; 1.3.4 The Antecedents of Self-esteem; 1.3.4.1 Social Background; 1.3.4.2 Parental Characteristics and Parent-Child Relationships; 1.3.4.3 Personal Characteristics; 1.3.4.4 The Experience of Success and Failure; 1.3.4.5 Genetic Influences; 1.3.5 Other Self-related Constructs: Self-concept and Self-efficacy; 1.3.5.1 Self-concept; 1.3.5.2 Self-efficacy; 1.3.5.3 The Interdependence of Self-esteem, Self-concept and Self-efficacy; 1.4 Self-esteem Development Across the Life Span; 1.4.1 Childhood

1.4.2 Adolescence1.4.3 Adulthood; 1.4.4 Old Age; 1.5 Self-esteem and Gender; 1.6 Self-esteem and Culture; 1.6.1 The Individualist and Collectivist Cultural Context; 1.6.2 Meritocratic and Ego-Protective Educational Culture; 1.6.3 The Position of Poland Along the Individualist-Collectivist Continuum; 1.6.4 Global and Ethnic Self-esteem; 1.7 The Role of Self-esteem; 1.7.1 Self-esteem and Psychological Functioning; 1.8 Self-esteem and Learning; 1.9 Self-esteem and Language Learning; 2 A Review of Selected Empirical Research on Self-esteem; 2.1 Assessing Self-esteem

2.2 Methodological Diversity in Self-esteem Studies2.2.1 The Most Popular Measures of Self-esteem; 2.2.2 The Issue of Validity in Researching Self-esteem Revisited; 2.3 The Role of Self-esteem in Psychological Functioning; 2.3.1 Participation in Social Groups and Likeability; 2.3.2 Conformity and Leadership; 2.3.3 Creativity; 2.3.4 Antisocial Behaviour; 2.4 Self-esteem and Learning; 2.5 Self-esteem and Learning a Foreign Language; 2.5.1 Self-esteem and Performance in FL; 3 Research Methodology and Results; 3.1 Rationale for the Study; 3.2 Method; 3.2.1 Participants; 3.2.2 Instruments

3.2.3 Procedure3.2.4 Analyses; 3.3 Results; 3.3.1 Quantitative Findings; 3.3.2 Qualitative Findings; 3.4 Limitations of the Study; 4 Discussion; 4.1 Foreign Language Self-esteem and the Level of Proficiency; 4.2 Correlates and Predictors of Foreign Language Self-esteem; 4.2.1 Demography-Related Correlates of Foreign Language Self-esteem; 4.2.1.1 Gender; 4.2.1.2 Place of Residence; 4.2.1.3 The Role of Significant Others; 4.2.2 Educational Correlates of Foreign Language Self-esteem; 4.2.2.1 The Attitude to the Teacher; 4.2.2.2 Participation in Extracurricular Activities