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79370-01 - Forschungsseminar: Language Learning, Emotion, and Identity (4 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2026 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Zeynep Köylü (zeynep.koylu@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This research seminar explores the dynamic relationships among language learning, emotions, and linguistic identity in second language acquisition (SLA). Drawing on different theoretical perspectives, the seminar surveys how learners’ and teachers’ beliefs, emotions, experiences, and identities shape (and are shaped by) language learning and teaching processes. Inspired by recent scholarship emphasizing the “affective turn” in applied linguistics, the seminar approaches emotion not as an isolated individual variable, but as socially, culturally, and discursively constructed reality within different contexts. We will critically engage with key concepts such as language learner beliefs, motivation, anxiety, desire, enjoyment, investment, self-efficacy, imagined identities, agency, linguistic and bi-/multilingual selves, and emotional experiences in language learning as we discuss the complex and reciprocal interplay between beliefs, emotions, and linguistic identity construction. A wide range of methodologies will be analyzed in this seminar as students will be given opportunities to collect and analyze data drawing on both qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry. |
| Lernziele | By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. critically analyze major theories of emotion, identity, and learner beliefs in SLA and applied linguistics, 2. explain how emotions, beliefs, and identities interact dynamically in SLA, 3. evaluate research on affective and identity-related dimensions of SLA, 4. design small-scale research projects addressing beliefs and affective and identity-related issues in language education, and 5. analyze relevant data to understand the role of beliefs and emotions on language identities and L2 development and report findings in a research report. |
| Literatur | All (core and supplementary) readings will be made available on ADAM. Sample study: Barcelos, A. M. F. (2015). Unveiling the relationship between language learning beliefs, emotions and identities. "Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching", 5(2), 301–325. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=297378 |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This course is open to BA and MA students of English and MSG Sprache und Kommunikation. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please register for this course in Online Services. There is no separate ADAM registration for this research seminar. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Donnerstag 17.09.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 24.09.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 01.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 08.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 15.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 22.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 29.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 05.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 12.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 19.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 26.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 03.12.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 10.12.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Donnerstag 17.12.2026 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Module |
Modul: English Linguistics (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master Studiengang: Sprache und Kommunikation) Modul: Research in English Linguistics (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Sprache als Prozess (Master Studiengang: Sprache und Kommunikation) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | • Data analysis assignments (individual) • Research proposal (could be individual or pair-work) |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |