ContributorsForeword1 Introduction�� Applying Complex Dynamic Systems Principles toEmpirical Research on L2 MotivationPart 1�� Conceptual Summaries2 Ten 'Lessons' from Complex Dynamic Systems Theory�� What Ison OfferDiane Larsen-Freeman3 Attractor StatesPhil Hiver4 Rates of Change�� Timescales in Second Language DevelopmentKees de Bot5 Initial ConditionsMarjolijn Verspoor6 Context and Complex Dynamic Systems TheoryEma Ushioda7 Human Agency�� Does the Beach Ball Have Free Will7Ali H�� Al-Hoorie8 Social Network Analysis and Complex Dynamic SystemsSarah Mercer9 The Dynamics of Possible SelvesAlastair Henry10 'Directed Motivational Currents'�� Regulating Complex DynamicSystems through Motivational SurgesPart 2�� Empirical Studies11 Motivation on a Per-Second Timescale�� Examining Approach-Avoidance Motivation During L2 Task PerformancePeter D�� MacIntyre and Alicia Serroul12 Dynamics of the Self�� A Multilevel Nested Systems ApproachSarah Mercer13 Changes in Motivation�� Anxiety and Self-efficacy During theCourse of an Academic Writing Seminar14 Motivation�� Emotion and Cognition�� Attractor States inthe ClassroomFrea Waninge15 Once Burned�� Twice Shy�� The Dynamic Development of SystemImmunity in TeachersPhil Hiver16 Learner Archetypes and Signature Dynamics in the LanguageClassroom�� A Retrodictive Qualitative Modelling Approachto Studying L2 MotivationLetty Chan�� Zoltdn Do'rnyei and Alastair Henry17 'I Can See a Little Bit of You on Myself'�� A Dynamic SystemsApproach to the Inner Dialogue between Teacherand Learner SelvesTammy Gregersen and Peter D�� MacIntyre18 Understanding EFL Learners' Motivational Dynamics��A Three-Level Model from a Dynamic Systems andSociocultural PerspectiveTomoko Yashima and Kumiko Arano19 The Dynamics of L3 Motivation�� A Longitudinal Interview/Observation-Based StudyAlastair Henry20 Study Abroad and the Dynamics of Change in Learner L2Self-ConceptKay Irie and Stephen Ryan21 Self-Regulation in the Evolution of the Ideal L2 Self�� A ComplexDynamic Systems Approach to the L2 MotivationalSelf SystemRyo Nitta and Kyoko Baba22 The Dynamics of L2 Imagery in Future Motivational Self-GuidesChenjing ��Julia�� You and Leny Chan23 Conclusion�� Hot Enough to be Cool�� The Promise of DynamicSystems Research