Contents

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Tables and Figures vii

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Abbreviations ix
Contributors xi

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Foreword xix
Zoltán Dörnyei

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1 Introduction to Language Teacher Psychology 1
Sarah Mercer and Achilleas Kostoulas
2 Language Teacher Motivation 18
Phil Hiver, Tae-Young Kim and Youngmi Kim
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3 ‘The English Class of My Dreams’: Envisioning Teaching a
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Foreign Language 34
Paula Kalaja and Katja Mäntylä
4 Language Teacher Motivation: From the Ideal to the
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Feasible Self 53
Taguhi Sahakyan, Martin Lamb and Gary Chambers
5 Drawing on Cultural Models and Figured Worlds to Study
Language Teacher Education and Teacher Identity 71
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Manka M. Varghese
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6 Exploring Novice EFL Teachers’ Identity Development:

A Case Study of Two EFL Teachers in China 86
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Wendy Li and Peter I. De Costa

7 Language Teacher Cognition: An Emergent Phenomenon in
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an Emergent Field 105

Anne Feryok
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8 Language Teachers’ Self-efficacy Beliefs: An Introduction 122

Mark Wyatt
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9 Teacher Emotions and the Emotional Labour of Second

Language Teaching 141
Jim King and Kwan-Yee Sarah Ng

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10 The Relational Beliefs and Practices of Highly

Socio-emotionally Competent Language Teachers 158
Christina Gkonou and Sarah Mercer
11 Variation in ESL/EFL Teachers’ Attitudes towards
their Students 178
Jean-Marc Dewaele and Sarah Mercer

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12 Language Teacher Agency 196
Cynthia J. White
13 Teachers Crafting Job Crafting 211

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Joseph Falout and Tim Murphey
14 Teachstrong: The Power of Teacher Resilience for

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Second Language Practitioners 231
Phil Hiver

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15 Making the Transition into Teacher Education:
Resilience as a Process of Growth 247
Achilleas Kostoulas and Anita Lämmerer
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16 Signature Strengths as a Gateway to Mentoring:
Facilitating Emergent Teachers’ Transition into Language
Teaching 264
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Tammy Gregersen and Peter D. MacIntyre

17 Psychological Insights from Third-age Teacher Educators:
A Narrative, Multiple-case Study 291
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Rebecca L. Oxford, Andrew D. Cohen and

Virginia G. Simmons
18 Exploring Language Teacher Psychology:
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A Case Study from a Holistic Perspective 314

Mehvish Saleem
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19 Conclusion: Lessons Learned, Promising Perspectives 330

Achilleas Kostoulas and Sarah Mercer
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Index 337
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