Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz http://www.ssllt.amu.edu.pl Editors: Editor: Miros aw Pawlak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz) Assistant to the Editor: Jakub Bielak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz) Assistant to the Editor: Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz) Assistant to the Editor: Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz) Vol. 2 No. 3 October 2012 Editorial Board: Janusz Arabski (University of Silesia) Larissa Aronin (Trinity College, Dublin) Simon Borg (University of Leeds) Piotr Cap (University of ód ) Anna Cie licka (Texas A&M International University, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna ) Kata Csizer (Eötvös University, Budapest) Maria Dakowska (University of Warsaw) Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck College, University of London) Krystyna Dro dzia -Szelest (Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna ) Rod Ellis (University of Auckland) Danuta Gabry -Barker (University of Silesia) Rebecca Hughes (University of Sheffield) Hanna Komorowska (University of Warsaw, SWPS) Diane Larsen-Freeman (University of Michigan) Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (University of ód ) Jan Majer (University of ód ) Anna Micho ska-Stadnik (University of Wroc aw) Anna Ni egorodcew (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Terrence Odlin (Ohio State University) Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University, Philadelphia) François Pichette (University of Quebec) Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel (Opole University) Vera Regan (University College, Dublin) Heidemarie Sarter (University of Potsdam) Pawe Scheffler (Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna ) Michael Sharwood Smith (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) Linda Shockey (University of Reading) Teresa Siek-Piskozub (Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna ) David Singleton (Trinity College, Dublin) odzimierz Sobkowiak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna ) Merrill Swain (University of Toronto) Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (University of ód ) Maria Wysocka (University of Silesia) KALISZ – POZNA 2012 EDITOR: Miros aw Pawlak ASSISTANTS TO THE EDITOR: Jakub Bielak Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak © Copyright by Wydzia Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny, UAM Pozna Proofreading: Melanie Ellis Cover design: Joanna Dudek Typesetting: Piotr Bajak ISSN 2083-5205 eISSN 2084-1965 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is published both in print and online, with the print edition being the original version. 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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz Volume 2, Number 3, October 2012 http://www.ssllt.amu.edu.pl Contents Notes on Contributors .................................................................... 291 Editorial ......................................................................................... 295 Articles: Diane Larsen-Freeman – The emancipation of the language learner ... 297 Larissa Aronin, David Singleton – Affordances theory in multilingualism studies ...................................................................................................... 311 Levent Uzun – What is your educational philosophy? Modern and post- modern approaches to foreign language education ............................ 333 Julian Pigott – A call for a multifaceted approach to language learning motivation research: Combining complexity, humanistic, and critical perspectives ..................................................................................... 349 Aleksandra Wach – Computer-mediated communication as an autonomy- enhancement tool for advanced learners of English ................................. 367 Katarzyna Rokoszewska – The influence of pronunciation learning strategies on mastering English vowels ............................................... 391 Gabriella Morvay – The relationship between syntactic knowledge and reading comprehension in EFL learners ....................................... 415 Book Reviews ................................................................................. 439 Notes to Contributors ..................................................................... 453 291 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz http://www.ssllt.amu.edu.pl Notes on Contributors Larissa Aronin is Professor at the Oranim Academic College of Education, Isra- el and is a research associate at Trinity College, Dublin. She has published on a wide array of topics connected with multilingualism in a range of international journals such as International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Interna- tional Journal of Multilingualism, and Language Teaching. She contributed to The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) and coedited The Exploration of Multilingualism: Development of Research on L3, Multilin- gualism and Multiple Language Acquisition (John Benjamins, 2009) and Multi- lingualism (John Benjamins, 2012). She serves as a secretary of the Interna- tional Association of Multilingualism, and is an Editorial Board member of In- ternational Journal of Multilingualism (Taylor and Francis) and Studies in Sec- ond Language Learning and Teaching (Adam Mickiewicz University), and an Advisory Board member of Language Teaching (Cambridge University Press). Contact details: (e-mail: larisa@research.haifa.ac.il) Marek Derenowski received his PhD in applied linguistics from Adam Mickie- wicz University, Pozna , Poland. He is a teacher and a teacher educator work- ing at the Department of English Studies of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University (Kalisz, Poland). He also works at the Insti- tute of Modern Languages of Konin State School of Higher Professional Educa- tion. For the last seventeen years he has also been a teacher of English in sen- ior high-school. His major interest is in teacher education and professional development, the place of target language culture in the foreign language education and learner autonomy. Contact details: Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Nowy wiat 28-30, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland (e- mail: dereno@icpnet.pl, dereno@amu.edu.pl) 292 Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the Graduate SIT Institute in Vermont, USA. For the winter terms 2012 and 2013, she has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her interests include second language acquisition, English grammar, language teaching methodology, and complexity theory. One of her recent books, coauthored with Lynne Cameron, Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics, was awarded the 2009 Kenneth Mildenberger Prize by the Modern Language Association. Contact details: (e-mail: dianelf@umich.edu) Gabriella Morvay attended the College of Education in Nitra, Slovakia, major- ing in English and Hungarian language and literature. She earned her MA in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, in 1995, and her PhD in linguistics from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2009. She is currently an Assistant Professor of ESL and Linguistics at the Bor- ough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York. Contact details: (e-mail: gmorvay@bmcc.cuny.edu) Julian Pigott teaches at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. He received his MA in applied linguistics from the University of Birmingham, UK, and is currently studying for a PhD in applied linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK. His research involves examining language learning motivation in new ways using narrative, phenomenologocial, and critical perspectives. More generally, he is interested in Deweyian and Rogerian educational theory and its applica- tion to the Japanese context. Contact details: (e-mail: julianpigott@gmail.com) Katarzyna Rokoszewska received her PhD in applied linguistics from the University of Wroc aw, Poland, in 2007. She is an assistant professor at the Institute of Foreign Languages at Jan Dlugosz University in Cz stochowa, Poland, where she teaches EFL methodology and SLA courses. She also worked as a teacher at the Teacher Training College in Cz stochowa for ten years. Her research interests include various aspects of SLA and methodology of teaching foreign languages, including teaching foreign languages to young learners. She has a particular interest in individual learner dif- ferences, the sociocultural approach and complexity theory. She has published a monograph entitled Comparing Selected Modern Methods of Teaching English to Young Learners (Peter Lang, 2011) and many articles. Contact details: (e-mail: k.rokoszewska@ajd.czest.pl) 293 David Singleton took his BA at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland, and his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is a Fellow of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, where he is Professor of Applied Linguistics, and where he has spent a considerable amount of time on the University Council and the College Board. He also holds the title of Research Professor at the University of Pan- nonia, Veszprém, Hungary. He has served as President of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, as Secretary General of the International Association of Applied Linguistics and as President of the European Second Language Associ- ation. His publications number close to 200, his books and articles ranging across a wide spectrum of topics, including syllabus design and pedagogical grammar, but focusing mainly on cross-linguistic influence, the second lan- guage lexicon, the age factor in language acquisition and multilingualism. Contact details: (e-mail: singleton.centiceps@gmail.com) Levent Uzun, currently a PhD candidate, works at the English Language Teach- ing Department, the Faculty of Education, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey. His research interests include philosophy of education, CALL, educational technologies and ICT, educational materials development, and vocabulary acquisition. He has published and presented several academic papers in vari- ous international journals and at various international conferences. Contact details: (e-mail: ulevent@uludag.edu.tr) Paola Vettorel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Verona. She has presented papers in various na- tional and international conferences; her main research interests include English as a Lingua Franca and its implications for teaching and learning English. Contact details: (e-mail: paola.vettorel@univr.it) Aleksandra Wach, PhD, works at the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz Uni- versity, Pozna , Poland as an EFL teacher and teacher trainer. Her main pro- fessional interests include: learning and teaching grammar, the application of music in teaching, teacher training, and, currently, the application of new technology in foreign language learning and teaching. Contact details: (e-mail: waleks@ifa.amu.edu.pl) Dorota Werbi ska, PhD, works in the Modern Languages Department at Pom- eranian University, S upsk, Poland. Her research interests include qualitative studies in language teacher development, language teacher cognition and identity, the hidden curriculum in the English classroom, teacher burnout, and 294 teacher reflectivity. She is the author of three books and almost 50 articles published nationally and internationally, as well as editor of two collections. The title of her recent book is Developing Into an Effective Polish Teacher of English (Pomeranian University Press, 2011). Contact details: (e-mail: werbinsk@pro.onet.pl)