Agency has attracted considerable attention, especially of late. Nevertheless, perceptions of
language learners as nonagentive persist. In this article the Douglas Fir Group's call for a …

This paper attempts to contribute to a fuller understanding of the nature of language learner
agency by considering it as a complex dynamic system. The purpose of the study was to …

This paper discusses the dialogical perspective of second/foreign language learners'
agency drawing upon Bakhtin (1981, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2004) and Voloshinov (1973 …

For many scholars, agency is the fundamental dimension that sets the human and social
sciences apart from the hard sciences. Agency is thought to account for what makes us …

Successful language learning depends crucially on the activity and initiative of the learner
(van Lier 2008: 163). However, before a learner engages their agentic resources and …

As the construct of agency has generated considerable discussion among language
educators recently and has become a buzz word, there is a need for it to be further …

The first part of the book examines theoretical tensions between the social and the individual
in their approaches. To set the stage, the author first discusses the concept of agency as it …

This book showcases how language learner agency can be understood and researched
from varying perspectives by providing, for the first time, a collection of diverse approaches …

Abstract Elsa Auerbach (Chapter 7) points out many of the contradictions that are involved
when we say we are committed to increasing learner autonomy in our teaching. As I read the …

This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse
geographical contexts and in both K-12 and adult education. It offers new understandings …