Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. 1. Exploring Links between Identity, Motivation and Autonomy 1
5. Part 1: Emerging Theoretical Perspectives
6. 2. Motivating Learners to Speak as Themselves 11
7. 3. Joining Forces for Synergy: Agency and Metacognition as Interrelated Theoretical Perspectives on Learner Autonomy 25
8. 4. Emerging Selves, Language Learning and Motivation through the Lens of Chaos 42
9. 5. Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Second Language Acquisition from the Perspective of Complex Adaptive Systems 57
10. Part 2: Independent Learning Settings
11. 6. Imagination, Metacognition and the L2 Self in a Self-Access Learning Environment 75
12. 7. Identity, Motivation and Plurilingualism in Self-Access Centers 91
13. 8. ‘Why am I Doing This?’ Maintaining Motivation 8 ‘Why am I Doing This?’ Maintaining Motivation in Distance Language Learning 107
14. 9. Beliefs, Identity and Motivation in Implementing Autonomy: The Teacher’s Perspective 125
15. Part 3: Cultures and Contexts
16. 10. Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: A Tale of Two Cities 145
17. 11. Natural Talent, Natural Acquisition and Abroad: Learner Attributions of Agency in Language Learning 160
18. 12. Future Selves, Motivation and Autonomy in Long-Term EFL Learning Trajectories 177
19. 13. ‘Failing’ to Achieve Autonomy in English for Medical Purposes 195
20. 14. Crucial but Neglected: English as a Foreign Language Teachers’ Perspectives on Learner Motivation 212
21. 15. A Dynamic Account of Autonomy, Agency and Identity in (T)EFL Learning 229
22. 16. Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: Stretching our Boundaries 247
23. Index 263