Tammy Gregersen is Professor of TESOL at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching and Head of ELT at the University of Graz, Austria.

• Table of ContentsPart 1: Perspectives on psychology The cognitive approach- Yuichi Suzuki Sociocultural theory – Remi Van Compernolle The humanistic approach – Jane Arnold and Jose Manuel Foncubierta The complex dynamic approach – Elizabeth Hepford Positive psychology – Peter MacIntyre and Samantha Ayers-Glassey Psycholinguistics – Simone E. Pfenninger and Julia FestmanPart 2: Constructs: Teacher and Learner Psychologies Identity – Ron Darvin and Bonny Norton Self-efficacy – Kay Irie Personality – Jean-Marc Dewaele Motivation – Christine Muir Engagement – Hayo Reinders & Sachiko Nakamura Attitudes and beliefs –Amy Thompson Attributions and mindsets – Xijia Zhang, Nigel Mantou Lou, Kimberly A. Noels and Lia M. Daniels Emotions – Rebecca Oxford Wellbeing – Kyle Talbot Resilience – Phil Hiver and Ana Clara Sanchez Solarte Self-regulation – Isobel Wang Vision and goal self-concordance – Alastair Henry Autonomy and agency – Paula Kalaja and Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty Willingness to communicate in an L2 – Tomoko Yashima Part 3: Groups and Communities Teacher-learner relationships – Christina Gkonou Group dynamics – Tim Murphey, Yoshifumi Fukada, Tetsuya Fukuda and Joseph Falout Culture and Intercultural Communication – Tony Johnstone Young, Sara Ganassin and Alina Schartner Social interaction – Jim King and Sam Morris Prosocial behaviour and social justice – M. Matilde Olivero Part 4: Myths, Debates, and Disagreements Trait and state perspectives on individual difference research – Kata Cszier and Agnes Albert The social/cognitive Split – Anne Feryok The mind-body split – Steven G. McCafferty What counts as evidence? –Yasser Teimouri, Ekaterina Sudina and Luke Plonsky Language aptitudes – Zhisheng (Edward) Wen Psychology of learning vs acquisition – Miroslaw Pawlak

Tammy Gregersen is Professor of TESOL at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching and Head of ELT at the University of Graz, Austria.

• Table of ContentsPart 1: Perspectives on psychology The cognitive approach- Yuichi Suzuki Sociocultural theory – Remi Van Compernolle The humanistic approach – Jane Arnold and Jose Manuel Foncubierta The complex dynamic approach – Elizabeth Hepford Positive psychology – Peter MacIntyre and Samantha Ayers-Glassey Psycholinguistics – Simone E. Pfenninger and Julia FestmanPart 2: Constructs: Teacher and Learner Psychologies Identity – Ron Darvin and Bonny Norton Self-efficacy – Kay Irie Personality – Jean-Marc Dewaele Motivation – Christine Muir Engagement – Hayo Reinders & Sachiko Nakamura Attitudes and beliefs –Amy Thompson Attributions and mindsets – Xijia Zhang, Nigel Mantou Lou, Kimberly A. Noels and Lia M. Daniels Emotions – Rebecca Oxford Wellbeing – Kyle Talbot Resilience – Phil Hiver and Ana Clara Sanchez Solarte Self-regulation – Isobel Wang Vision and goal self-concordance – Alastair Henry Autonomy and agency – Paula Kalaja and Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty Willingness to communicate in an L2 – Tomoko Yashima Part 3: Groups and Communities Teacher-learner relationships – Christina Gkonou Group dynamics – Tim Murphey, Yoshifumi Fukada, Tetsuya Fukuda and Joseph Falout Culture and Intercultural Communication – Tony Johnstone Young, Sara Ganassin and Alina Schartner Social interaction – Jim King and Sam Morris Prosocial behaviour and social justice – M. Matilde Olivero Part 4: Myths, Debates, and Disagreements Trait and state perspectives on individual difference research – Kata Cszier and Agnes Albert The social/cognitive Split – Anne Feryok The mind-body split – Steven G. McCafferty What counts as evidence? –Yasser Teimouri, Ekaterina Sudina and Luke Plonsky Language aptitudes – Zhisheng (Edward) Wen Psychology of learning vs acquisition – Miroslaw Pawlak