Self and Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning

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Readers may wonder what factors drive English language learners like the participants in the book and us; do the Romanian adolescent learners have different learning experiences from ours? In reading this book, we were not only fascinated by the findings but also felt surprised by the fact that the study had not received the attention it should have in the field of language learner motivation and identity research. -- Tian Xia, East China University of Political Science and Law, China and Xuesong Gao, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * System 51 (2015) 88-101 * This is a carefully researched and well-written book that will be read with much interest and profit by those interested in the increasingly important area of identity in foreign language learning. * Alison Mackey, Georgetown University, USA and Lancaster University, UK * Florentina Taylor delivers, for the first time, an exploration of the identity development of adolescents learning foreign languages. Her quadripolar model of identity provides creative and novel insight into how and why students actively participate in learning. If you are in any way interested in the motivational factors underlying language learning in adolescents, you owe it to yourself to read this book. * Rob Klassen, Psychology in Education Research Centre, University of York, UK * Florentina Taylor's study adds a fresh and original perspective to the vibrant field of studies of the self in SLA. Reading the book will not only extend readers' understandings of adolescents' multiple relational selves and identities, but they will also gain valuable insights into a range of related psychological issues. A bold, intelligent and important contribution to this exciting field. * Sarah Mercer, Universit *