Complexity in Second Language Study Emotions: Emergent Sensemaking in Social Context

This book explores the emergence of emotionality for additional language (L2) learners in classroom interaction in Japan from a complexity perspective, arguing that emotions need to be studied as dynamically experienced and understood in all of their multidimensional colors by individuals. It offers a small-lens focus, interweaving experiential and discursive data, to explore, interpret, and represent the lived experience of L2 study emotions in a more holistic yet detailed, social yet individual fashion.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 122 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book provides a sociocultural perspective on the development of emotionality among additional language (L2) learners in classroom interactions in Japan. Drawing from a complexity framework, the author advocates for the study of emotions as they are dynamically experienced and understood in their multifaceted dimensions by individuals in interaction. Through practitioner research, Sampson employs a small-lens focus, integrating experiential and discursive data, thereby offering opportunities to explore, interpret, and represent the lived experience of L2 study emotions in a more holistic yet detailed manner, while simultaneously considering the social and individual contexts. In the context of the growing interest in L2 study emotions, the book makes a compelling case for the significance of placing interpretations of the emergence of L2 study emotions within situated, dynamic, and social contexts. Sampson's work is of particular interest to students and researchers in second language acquisition and L2 learning psychology.

Weight: 176g
Dimension: 215 x 138 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032308456