Components of Language Proficiency

<p><strong>Presents substantial evidence for the foundational role of second language linguistic knowledge over and above that of motivation and self-efficacy </strong></p><p>This book presents a comprehensive study into the components of language proficiency among 302 adolescent learners of French and Spanish in state-funded schools in England. </p><p>It fills a significant gap in research on language learning in highly instructed settings and offers critical insights into current debates in modern language learning, teaching and assessment, both in England and internationally.</p><p>It presents data on various constructs associated with proficiency – linguistic knowledge, skills, motivation and skill-specific self-efficacy – and explores how these relate to each other. Alongside their findings, the authors provide online summaries of each chapter and freely available materials for use in research, teaching and testing.</p><p>This book will be of interest to students, trainee and practising teachers, teacher educators, and researchers of instructed second language learning, teaching and testing.</p><p>This book is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence.</p>