Versatility and Identity in TEFL
1. Attitudes and Formal Second Language Learning Attitudes and expectations, albeit their elusiveness, might underlie official second language education. According to Papapavlou and Satraki [1] , attitude is an abstract notion of social psychology that has raised doubts either in the field of linguistics, or in any other field. Considerations about attitudes are ascribed in the difficulty of their identification and consequently, their measurement. A discussion attracting L2 educators’ attention is the extent to which issues of identity and attitude permeate conscious learning of English as a Second and Foreign language. It also raises the subject of whethe...