Through several unique perspectives and contexts, this volume contributes to current understanding of agency in second language learning. It includes chapters discussing theoretical, analytical and pedagogical approaches, and will serve as a key reference for researchers of language learning and teaching.
Ping Deters is a Professor in the English Language Institute of Seneca College in Toronto, Canada.
Xuesong (Andy) Gao is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. His current research interests are in the areas of learner autonomy, language learning narratives, language education policy, and language teacher education. He is co-editor of System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics.
Elizabeth R. Miller (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she is Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Programs. Her current research focuses on language teacher identity, agency and emotions and has been published in journals such as Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, System, and the Modern Language Journal, among others. She has published a monograph and three co-edited volumes with Multilingual Matters and one co-edited volume with Bloomsbury Publishers.
Gergana Vitanova is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, USA.