ABSTRACT
The final empirical addition to the book, Chapter 7 further widens the temporality of the research focus. I once more home in on an individual learner, starting with a reflection in which he remarked upon an experience of intense personal achievement via his time in the classroom on a particular day, and especially with regard to the short conversation session. While I continue to explore the discursive context for this experience, I moreover uncover examples of the non-linear impact on current emotionality of the focal-student’s relationships with group members and myself as teacher as well as his lifelong understandings of personality. The chapter draws attention to the people in classrooms as not only “L2 learners”, but as agentic individuals who make (emotional) sense based on their own histories and personalities.
