Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 The Self-Concept and Language Learning: An Introduction -- Part 1 Theories Related to Self-Concept -- 2 Future Self-Guides and Vision -- 3 At the Interface of the Socio-Educational Model, Self-Determination Theory and the L2 Motivational Self System Models -- 4 Re-imagining the Self as a Network of Relationships -- Part 2 Self-Concept and Language Learning -- 5 The Ideal L2 Self, Self- Regulatory Strategies and Autonomous Learning: A Comparison of Different Groups of English Language Learners -- 6 EFL Students' L2 Motivational Self System and Self- Regulation: Focusing on Elementary and Junior High School Students in Korea -- 7 The L2 Self-Concept in Second Language Learning Motivation: A Longitudinal Study of Korean University Students -- 8 Culture, Autonomy and the Self in Language Learning -- 9 Investigating Adult Migrant ESL Learners' Language Learning Motivational Profile in Australia: Towards a Bicultural Identity -- 10 Investing in Experiential Capital: Self-efficacy, Imagination and Development of Ideal L2 Selves -- 11 Self-Constructs in Language Learning: What is their Role in Self-Regulation? -- 12 Emerging Self-Identities of Second Language Learners: Emotions and the Experiential Profile of Identity Construction -- 13 Fear of the True Self: Social Anxiety and the Silent Behaviour of Japanese Learners of English -- 14 Chinese University Students' Willingness to Communicate in the L2 Classroom: The Complex and Dynamic Interplay of Self-Concept, Future Self-Guides and the Sociocultural Context -- 15 The Interaction of the L2 Motivational Self System with Socialisation and Identification Patterns and L2 Accent Attainment -- Part 3 Self-Concept and Language Teaching -- 16 The Effect of Motivational Strategies on Self-related Aspects of Student Motivation and Second Language Learning -- 17 ELT Motivation from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory Perspective: A Longitudinal Case Study of L2 Teacher Motivation in Beijing -- Part 4 Intervention Studies -- 18 A Motivational Programme for Learners of English: An Application of the L2 Motivational Self System -- 19 Effects of an Imagery Training Strategy on Chinese University Students' Possible Second Language Selves and Learning Experiences -- 20 Applications and Implications of the L2 Motivational Self System in a Catalan EFL Context -- Part 5 Future Research Directions -- 21 The Self-Concept and Language Learning: Future Research Directions