Contributors; 1 Introduction; Tammy Gregersen, Peter D. MacIntyre and Sarah Mercer; 2 Toward a Psychology of Well-Being for Language Learners: The 'EMPATHICS' Vision; Rebecca L. Oxford; Part 1: Theoretical; 3 Seeing the World Through Your Eyes: Empathy in Language Learning and Teaching; Sarah Mercer; 4 The Dynamics of Past Selves in Language Learning and Well-Being; Joseph Falout; 5 Language Learning and Teaching: What's Love Got To Do With It?; Ana Maria F. Barcelos and Hilda Simone H. Coelho; Part 2: Empirical

6 Positive Psychology Exercises Build Social Capital for Language Learners: Preliminary EvidenceTammy Gregersen, Peter D. MacIntyre and Margarita Meza; 7 The Triumph Over Experience: Hope and Hardiness in Novice L2 Teachers; Phil Hiver; 8 Advanced Language Learners' Experiences of Flow in the Hungarian EFL Classroom; Éva Czimmermann and Katalin Piniel; 9 Foreign Language Enjoyment and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety: The Right and Left Feet of the Language Learner ; Jean-Marc Dewaele and Peter D. MacIntyre

10 Accentuate the Positive: Conceptual and Empirical Development of the Positive L2 Self and Its Relationship to L2 ProficiencyJ. Lake; 11 Affect in Directed Motivational Currents: Positive Emotionality in Long-Term L2 Engagement; Zana Ibrahim; 12 Project Perseverance: Helping Students Become Self-Regulating Learners; R. Kirk Belnap, Jennifer Bown, Dan P. Dewey, Linnea P. Belnap and Patrick R. Steffen; Part 3: Applied; 13 Happiness in ESL/EFL: Bringing Positive Psychology to the Classroom; Marc Helgesen; 14 Teaching to Learn and Well-Become: Many Mini-Renaissances ; Tim Murphey

15 Why and How to Use Positive Psychology Activities in the Second Language ClassroomCandy Fresacher; 16 Music and Language Learning: Emotions and Engaging Memory Pathways; M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora and Francisco Herrero Machancoses; 17 Conclusion; Peter D. MacIntyre, Tammy Gregersen and Sarah Mercer; Index

This book explores theories in positive psychology and their implications for language teaching, learning and communication. Chapters examine the characteristics of individuals, contexts and relationships that facilitate learning and present several new teaching ideas to develop and support them.