This book explores the issues and concerns many language teachers have in not just helping able students to learn a foreign or second language but more importantly how to get reluctant learners to become interested in language learning. Tin proposes 'interest' as an important construct that requires investigation if we are to understand second language learning experiences in a modern globalised world. The book offers both theoretical explorations and empirical findings arising from the author's own research in the field. Chapters demonstrate how various theoretical and empirical findings can be applied to practice so as to raise the awareness of the importance of interest in language learning and teaching. For teacher trainers and educators, researchers, and practising language teachers, this comprehensive study provides tools to stimulate student interest in language learning for successful language learning.

- Offers a coherent monographic discussion of creativity showing its usefulness for language teaching and learning. - Includes reflective and creative tasks to help readers discover and unlock their hidden creativity, and gain confidence in enacting a new approach to language teaching. - Blends the theory, implications, and applications of creativity for language teaching to make it easy for readers to apply in the language classroom.

- Offers a coherent monographic discussion of creativity showing its usefulness for language teaching and learning. - Includes reflective and creative tasks to help readers discover and unlock their hidden creativity, and gain confidence in enacting a new approach to language teaching. - Blends the theory, implications, and applications of creativity for language teaching to make it easy for readers to apply in the language classroom.