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This book focuses on the dynamic relationships among individual difference (ID) variables (i.e., willingness to communicate, motivation, language anxiety and boredom) in learning English as a foreign language in the virtual world Second Life. The theoretical part provides an overview of selected issues related to the four ID factors in question (e.g., definitions, models, sources, types, empirical investigations). The empirical part reports the findings of a research project which aimed to examine the changing nature of WTC, motivation, boredom and language anxiety experienced by six English majors during their visits to the said virtual world, the main contributors to the changes in the levels of the constructs under investigation, as well as their relationships. The book closes with the discussion of directions for further research as well as pedagogical implications.

Educational psychology. --- Language and education. --- Applied linguistics. --- Pedagogic Psychology. --- Language Education. --- Applied Linguistics. --- Linguistics --- Educational linguistics --- Education --- Language and languages --- Psychology --- English language --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers. --- Foreign speakers --- Psychological aspects. --- Germanic languages --- EFL (Language study) --- English as a foreign language --- English as a second language --- English to speakers of other languages --- ESL (Language study) --- ESOL (Language study) --- Teaching English as a second language --- TEFL (Language study) --- TESL (Language study) --- Foreign students

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Developing the ability to speak in a foreign language is an arduous task. This is because it involves the mastery of different language subsystems, simultaneous focus on comprehension and production, and the impact of a range of social factors. This challenge is further compounded in situations in which learners have limited access to the target language. Thus, there is a need to explore issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking with a view to translating the guidelines based on theoretical positions and research findings into feasible and context-specific pedagogical recommendations. This is the rationale behind this book, which considers speaking from leading theoretical perspectives, investigates individual variables which affect its development, and reports the results of studies focusing on different aspects of its instructed acquisition.

Language and languages --- Second language acquisition --- Study and teaching --- Second language acquisition. --- Study and teaching. --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Language and languages - Study and teaching --- SLA. --- Second Language Acquisition. --- foreign language learning. --- language instruction. --- language teaching. --- second language learning. --- speaking in a foreign language. --- teaching foreign language.