Overview
- Is ground-breaking in that it explores the construct of boredom which still remains sorely underappreciated and insufficiently understood, with little empirical research being undertaken, particularly in regard to L2 learning and teaching
- Uncovers the changing nature of boredom and factors responsible for it in the L2 classroom as well as offers instructional options for alleviating this negative emotion during language lessons
- Provides important guidelines for authors interested in conducting similar research
Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
The theoretical part provides an overview of the construct of boredom (e.g., definitions, types, empirical studies in the L2 classroom). The empirical part reports the findings of an empirical study which aimed to examine the changes in the levels of boredom experienced by a group of English majors in English classes and identify the factors accounting for such changes. The book closes with a discussion of directions for further research as well as some pedagogic implications.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Boredom in the Foreign Language Classroom
Book Subtitle: A Micro-Perspective
Authors: Mirosław Pawlak, Joanna Zawodniak, Mariusz Kruk
Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50769-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50768-8Published: 01 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50771-8Published: 01 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50769-5Published: 30 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2193-7648
Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 116
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education