Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Early Praise for Mindsets in Language Education v
3. Contents vii
4. Figures and Tables ix
5. Contributors xiii
6. Foreword xix
7. 1 A History and Definition of Mindsets 1
8. Part 1: Mindsets of Language Learners
9. 2 Developing and Validating a Growth Mindset Scale in Vocabulary Learning 17
10. 3 Language Learning Emotions and Goal Orientations from the Perspective of Mindsets 36
11. 4 ‘It’s Impossible’ – Comparing Mindsets and Motivations of STEM and Non-STEM Japanese University EFL Students 53
12. 5 The Role of Language Learners’ Perceptions of their Teachers’ Goals in Language Mindsets and Anxiety 76
13. 6 A Growth Language Learning Mindset in the Third Age: A Case Study of an Octogenarian 92
14. Part 2: Mindsets of Language Teachers
15. 7 An Analysis of Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Use of Classroom Materials as Manifested through their Mindsets: A Case Study of Four Pre-Service EFL Teachers 113
16. 8 EFL Teacher Mindsets from the Pre-Service Teachers’ Eyes 132
17. 9 An EFL Teacher Educator’s Mindsets and Professional Identity Development during a PhD Program: An Autoethnographic Study 152
18. 10 Experienced Language Teachers’ Mindsets Regarding their Own Professional Development 169
19. 11 Investigating Chinese Secondary School English Teachers’ Decremental Mindset, Anxiety and Prevention-Focused Motivation: A Mixed Method Study 187
20. Part 3: Intervention Studies on Mindsets in Language Education
21. 12 Developing a Growth Mindset Towards Language Learning to Facilitate Motivation 209
22. 13 Learning How to Learn Leads to the Belief One Can Learn: The Motivational Dynamics of Metacognition and Language Mindset 229
23. 14 Language Teacher Characteristics that Reflect Growth Mindset Pedagogy 248
24. 15 Future Directions of Mindsets in Language Education 267
25. Index 274