Theory and Practice 
of 

Second Language Acquisition

Vol. 3 (2), 2017

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego • Katowice 2017



Editors-in-Chief
Danuta Gabryś-Barker

University of Silesia in Katowice
Adam Wojtaszek

University of Silesia in Katowice

Language Editor
David Schauffler

University of Silesia in Katowice

Editorial Board

 Janusz Arabski  (University of Silesia, Katowice/Vistula University, Warsaw)
Larissa Aronin (Oranim College of Higher Education/Trinity College, Dublin)
Jasone Cenoz Iraqui (University of the Basque Country, Donostia – San Sebastian)
Halina Chodkiewicz (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)
Gessica de Angelis (Trinity College, Dublin)
Anna Ewert (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
Tammy Gregersen (University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls)
Ulrike Jessner Schmid (University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck)
Hanna Komorowska (University of Social Sciences and Humanities/University of Warsaw)
Jolanta Latkowska (University of Silesia, Katowice)
Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University, Sydney)
Anna Niżegorodcew (Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University, Philadelphia)
Miroslaw Pawlak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz/State School of Higher Professional 

Education, Konin)
Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel (University of Opole, Opole)
Andrzej Porzuczek (University of Silesia, Katowice)
David Singleton (Trinity College, Dublin/University of Pannonia, Veszprem)
Eva Vetter (University of Vienna, Vienna)
Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (University of Łódź, Łódź)
Maria Wysocka (University of Silesia, Katowice)

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Contents

Preface (Danuta Gabryś-Barker, Adam Wojtaszek)                                               5

Articles

Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
The Role of Social Support Systems in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning      11

Anna Bąk-Średnicka
Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes Related to Family Involvement in Light of Their 
School Placement Experience                                                                          29

Małgorzata Szupica-Pyrzanowska, Katarzyna Malesa
Are They Part of the Equation? – Foreign Language Teachers vs. Language 
Attrition. A Diagnostic Study                                                                          49

Ewa Cieślicka, Arkadiusz Rojczyk
Self-reported vs. Self-rated Pronunciation in a Non-native Language                    69

Konrad Szcześniak
Benefits of L1–L3 Similarities. The Case of the Dative Case                              87

Reviews

Kurt Braunmüller and Christoph Gabriel (Eds.). (2012). Multilingual Individuals 
and Multilingual Societies (John Benjamins) – by Larissa Aronin                       113

Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak and Mirosław Pawlak (2017). Willingness to Com-
municate in Instructed Second Language Acquisition. Combining a Macro- and 
Micro-Perspective (Multlingual Matters) – by Danuta Gabryś-Barker                   121