Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Miros¿aw Pawlak

Willingness to Communicate in Instructed Second Language Acquisition

Combining a Macro- and Micro-Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates individual differences variables as well as contextual factors that impinge on second language learners' willingness to communicate (WTC). It combines a macro- and micro-perspective to bring the reader closer to understanding the mechanisms underlying WTC in specific contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Multilingual Matters
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781783097166
• ISBN-10: 1783097167
• Artikelnr.: 45808350

Autorenporträt

Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak is Assistant Professor at the Department of English Studies of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań/Kalisz, Poland as well as Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Modern Languages of the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland. Her main interests comprise, apart from teacher education, second language acquisition theory and research, language learning strategies, learner autonomy, form-focused instruction, willingness to communicate, and motivation. Her recent publications include Production-oriented and Comprehension-based Grammar Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom (with Miroslaw Pawlak, Springer, 2012) and Willingness to Communicate in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (with Miroslaw Pawlak, Multilingual Matters, 2017). Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak is Assistant to the Editor of the journal Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (www.ssllt.amu.edu.pl).