Mindsets in Language Education

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).