Description

• Title:
  What we can learn about strategies, language learning, and life from two extreme cases: The role of well-being theory
• Creator:
  Oxford, Rebecca L.
• Description:
  This article presents two foreign or second language (L2) learner histories representing the extreme ends of the spectrum of learner well-being. One story reflects the very positive learning experiences of a highly strategic learner, while the other story focuses on a less strategic learner’s negative, long-lasting responses to a single traumatic episode. The theoretical framework comes from the concept of well-being in positive psychology (with significant adaptations). In addition to contrasting the two cases through the grounded theory approach, the study suggests that the adapted well-being framework is useful for understanding L2 learning experiences, even when the experiences are negative.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2016 Rebecca L. Oxford
• Date:
  2014.01.01
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English;
  eng
• Source:
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Vol. 4 No. 4 (2014); 593-615;
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Tom 4 Nr 4 (2014); 593-615;
  2084-1965;
  2083-5205
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/3910/3961
• Subject:
  well-being theory;
  positive psychology;
  language learning experiences;
  positive and negative emotions;
  learner histories
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/3910
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text