1. Introduction to Language Teacher Psychology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Foreword xix
7. 1. Introduction to Language Teacher Psychology 1
8. 2. Language Teacher Motivation 18
9. 3. ‘The English Class of My Dreams’: Envisioning Teaching a Foreign Language 34
10. 4. Language Teacher Motivation: From the Ideal to the Feasible Self 53
11. 5. Drawing on Cultural Models and Figured Worlds to Study Language Teacher Education and Teacher Identity 71
12. 6. Exploring Novice EFL Teachers’ Identity Development: A Case Study of Two EFL Teachers in China 86
13. 7. Language Teacher Cognition: An Emergent Phenomenon in an Emergent Field 105
14. 8. Language Teachers’ Self-effi cacy Beliefs: An Introduction 122
15. 9. Teacher Emotions and the Emotional Labour of Second Language Teaching 141
16. 10. The Relational Beliefs and Practices of Highly Socioemotionally Competent Language Teachers 158
17. 11. Variation in ESL/EFL Teachers’ Attitudes towards their Students 178
18. 12. Language Teacher Agency 196
19. 13. Teachers Crafting Job Crafting 211
20. 14. Teachstrong: The Power of Teacher Resilience for Second Language Practitioners 231
21. 15. Making the Transition into Teacher Education: Resilience as a Process of Growth 247
22. 16. Signature Strengths as a Gateway to Mentoring: Facilitating Emergent Teachers’ Transition into Language Teaching 264
23. 17. Psychological Insights from Third-age Teacher Educators: A Narrative, Multiple-case Study 291
24. 18. Exploring Language Teacher Psychology: A Case Study from a Holistic Perspective 314
25. 19. Conclusion: Lessons Learned, Promising Perspectives 330
26. Index 337