Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Self-Efficacy in Second Language Acquisition -- 3. The Dynamics of Second Language Confidence: Contact and Interaction -- 4. Self-Esteem and Self-Concept in Foreign Language Learning -- 5. Identity and Poststructuralist Theory in SLA -- 6. Dual Identities Perceived by Bilinguals -- 7. Relational Views of the Self in SLA -- 8. Imagined and Possible Selves: Stories We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves -- 9. Motivational Perspectives on the Self in SLA: A Developmental View -- 10. Brain and Self: A Neurophilosophical Account -- 11. The Self from a Complexity Perspective -- 12. Concluding Reflections -- Index