This book is devoted to the interdisciplinary investigation of language learner and teacher motivation, competencies, emotions and wellbeing, based on the theories behind mindsets. It includes a range of theoretical and empirical studies and is an invaluable resource for improving the quality of the language learning experience.

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).

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Contributors

Kimberly A. Noels: Foreword           

Chapter 1. Adrian Leis, Åsta Haukås, Nigel Mantou Lou and Sachiko Nakamura: A History and Definition of Mindsets

Part 1: Mindsets of Language Learners

Chapter 2. Mark Feng Teng and Atsushi Mizumoto: Developing and Validating a Growth Mindset Scale in Vocabulary Learning

Chapter 3. Sachiko Nakamura and Adrian Leis: Language Learning Emotions and Goal Orientations from the Perspective of Mindsets

Chapter 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 Students

Chapter 5. Gholam Hassan Khajavy and Mahdieh Vaziri: The Role of Language Learners' Perceptions of their Teachers' Goals in Language Mindsets and Anxiety

Chapter 6. Pia Sundqvist: A Growth Language Learning Mindset in the Third Age: A Case Study of an Octogenarian

Part 2: Mindsets of Language Teachers        

Chapter 7. Özkan Kirmizi: 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 Teachers

Chapter 8. Ayse Kizildag: EFL Teacher Mindsets from the Pre-Service Teachers' Eyes

Chapter 9. Fadhila Yonata: An EFL Teacher Educator's Mindsets and Professional Identity Development during a PhD Program: An Autoethnographic Study

Chapter 10. Åsta Haukås and Sarah Mercer: Experienced Language Teachers' Mindsets Regarding Their Own Professional Development

Chapter 11. Yuan Yao and Weijun Wang: Investigating Chinese Secondary School English Teachers' Decremental Mindset, Anxiety and Prevention-Focused Motivation: A Mixed Method Study

Part 3: Intervention Studies on Mindsets in Language Education

Chapter 12. Claudia V. Tapia Castillo: Developing a Growth Mindset Towards Language Learning to Facilitate Motivation

Chapter 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 Mindset

Chapter 14. Martha A. Ramirez, Paula García and Isabel Tejada-Sánchez: Language Teacher Characteristics that Reflect Growth Mindset Pedagogy

Chapter 15. Adrian Leis, Åsta Haukås, Sachiko Nakamura and Nigel Mantou Lou: Future Directions of Mindsets in Language Education

Index