Brings together 18 theoretical and empirical chapters that analyze the role of emotion (expression, perception, processing) and identity (notions and representations, construction, conflict) in the process of learning a second language.
Ana Blanco Canales, Ph. D, is Associate Professor of Spanish Language at the University of Alcalá. Her research work focuses on the acquisition and learning of Spanish language (mother tongue or second language), and, more specifically, on the acquisition of phonological competence, metacognitive reflection and learning strategies, the construction of linguistic identity and the emotional resonance of languages. She is the head of the phonetics research network Fono. ELE and coordinator of the LEIDE research group (https://grupoleide.com/).
Susana Martín Leralta, PhD from the University of Bielefeld, is currently Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Education at the University of Nebrija (Madrid), and lecturer at postgraduate level. Her research interests focus on the learning of Spanish as an additional language for migrants, the expression of emotions and the acquisition of communicative skills. She is a research member of the LAELE Group at Nebrija University (https://www.nebrija.com/investigacionuniversidad/grupo-laele/) and of the INMIGRA research network of the Community of Madrid.