New directions in language learning and psychology, edited by Christina Gkonou, Dietmar Tatzl, and Sarah Mercer (2016)
Nani Solihati, Nani
A body of literature in psychology and language learning has drawn an interconnection
between these two different fields (see for example Mercer, Ryan, & Williams, 2012;
Williams, Mercer, & Ryan, 2016). Many ranges of constructs in psychology such as
motivation, anxiety, emotion, beliefs, and strategies are widely investigated in the field of
language teaching and learning. For example, a recent research article by Varasteh,
Ghanizadeh, & Akbari, (2016) examines interrelationships among several constructs such as
cognitive, motivation and metacognition to envisage learners’ test anxiety, strategy in
learning a language and their language learning achievement.
