Students' Narrative Journeys in Learning Communities: Mapping Landscapes of Practice by Daniel Hooper offers a unique exploration into how students navigate the often challenging transitions within English education in Japan. Drawing on nearly two decades of teaching experience and detailed research, Hooper dives deep into the complexities of student experiences in self-access learning centers (SALCs) and foreign language classrooms. The book spotlights the narratives of three stu...

This book provides a guide for autonomy-supportive leadership training, which is not limited to language learning but can be applied to any field where learners become empowered leaders. The principles and activities featured in this book aim to foster and sustain student-led learning communities that prioritize learners' well-being, ensure everyone's voice is heard, and build a positive emotional climate conducive to learning. The authors believe that autonomy-supportive leadership traini...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of psychological phenomena affecting language learning within a social learning space. Drawing on the literature from identity in second language learning, communities of practice and learner beliefs, in conjunction with other individual difference factors, it uncovers perceptions and assumptions that language learners have of the space and how they affect their relationship with it and the people within it. Readers will gain a greater understandi...