Mindsets in Language Education

Adrian Leis is Professor in the Center for Liberal Arts Education at Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan. His research interests include language pedagogy, language learning motivation and computer-assisted language learning/teaching. Adrian has authored several books, such as Innovations in Flipping the Language Classroom (2019), Insights into Flipped Classrooms (2023), and the Dictogloss in Action textbook series (forthcoming, 2025). Åsta Haukås is Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway. She researches in the areas of multilingualism, metacognition, motivation, mindsets and teachers' professional development. Åsta has published numerous articles and book chapters on these topics in national and international publication channels. She is also the head of the research group Multilingualism on My Mind (MoMM), which has members from a wide variety of contexts.Nigel Mantou Lou is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on the intersection of psychology and language learning, particularly in the areas of motivation, identity, intercultural communication and intergroup relations. He received Early Career Awards from the American Education Research Association (Motivation SIG) and the International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning.Sachiko Nakamura is Assistant Professor at Tamagawa University, Japan, and an executive committee member of the International Association of Psychology for Language Learning. Her research focuses on language learning emotions, emotion regulation and engagement, and her recent publications include Emotion Regulation and Strategy Instruction in Learning (Springer, 2023).

This book provides a rich compendium of theoretical, empirical and practical insights into the complex role of mindsets in language learning and teaching. Encompassing a diversity of cultural, educational and professional contexts, the collection offers valuable ideas to stimulate thinking and inform practice among language teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.

• Figures and TablesContributorsKimberly A. Noels: Foreword           Chapter 1. Adrian Leis, Åsta Haukås, Nigel Mantou Lou and Sachiko Nakamura: A History and Definition of MindsetsPart 1: Mindsets of Language LearnersChapter 2. Mark Feng Teng and Atsushi Mizumoto: Developing and Validating a Growth Mindset Scale in Vocabulary LearningChapter 3. Sachiko Nakamura and Adrian Leis: Language Learning Emotions and Goal Orientations from the Perspective of MindsetsChapter 4. Matthew Apple, Glen Hill, Joseph Falout and Etsuko Shimo: 'It’s Impossible' – Comparing Mindsets and Motivations of STEM and Non-STEM Japanese University EFL StudentsChapter 5. Gholam Hassan Khajavy and Mahdieh Vaziri: The Role of Language Learners’ Perceptions of their Teachers’ Goals in Language Mindsets and AnxietyChapter 6. Pia Sundqvist: A Growth Language Learning Mindset in the Third Age: A Case Study of an OctogenarianPart 2: Mindsets of Language Teachers        Chapter 7. Özkan Kırmızı: 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 TeachersChapter 8. Ayşe Kızıldağ: EFL Teacher Mindsets from the Pre-Service Teachers’ EyesChapter 9. Fadhila Yonata: An EFL Teacher Educator’s Mindsets and Professional Identity Development during a PhD Program: An Autoethnographic StudyChapter 10. Åsta Haukås and Sarah Mercer: Experienced Language Teachers’ Mindsets Regarding their Own Professional DevelopmentChapter 11. Yuan Yao and Weijun Wang: Investigating Chinese Secondary School English Teachers’ Decremental Mindset, Anxiety and Prevention-Focused Motivation: A Mixed Method StudyPart 3: Intervention Studies on Mindsets in Language EducationChapter 12. Claudia V. Tapia Castillo: Developing a Growth Mindset Towards Language Learning to Facilitate MotivationChapter 13. Andy Van Drom and Nigel Mantou Lou: Learning How to Learn Leads to the Belief One Can Learn: The Motivational Dynamics of Metacognition and Language MindsetChapter 14. Martha A. Ramirez, Paula García and Isabel Tejada-Sánchez: Language Teacher Characteristics that Reflect Growth Mindset PedagogyChapter 15. Adrian Leis, Åsta Haukås, Sachiko Nakamura and Nigel Mantou Lou: Future Directions of Mindsets in Language EducationIndex