Publications

• Ryan, S. (2020)). Individual differences and motivation. In M. Lamb, K. Csizer, A. Henry, & S. Ryan (eds.). Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Lamb, M., Csizer, K. Henry, A. & Ryan. S. (eds.). (2020) Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Ryan, S. 2019). Language learner motivation: What motivates motivation researchers? In J. W. Schwieter & A. Benali (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of language learning., pp. 409-429) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Ryan, S. & Irie, K. Learning Across Generations: A Small-Scale Initiative. In Innnovation in English Education in Japan.(pp. 97-116). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Reinders, H., Ryan, S., & Nakamura, S. (eds.) (2019) Innovation in English Education in Japan. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Ryan S., Nakamura S., Reinders H. (2019) Innovation in Japan: Looking to the Future. In: Reinders H., Ryan S., Nakamura S. (eds) Innovation in English Education in Japan, pp. 283-289). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Reinders H., Nakamura S., Ryan S. (2019) he Scope of Innovation in Japanese Language Education.. In: Reinders H., Ryan S., Nakamura S. (eds) Innovation in English Education in Japan, pp. 1-8). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Lamb, M., Csizer, K., Henry, A. & Ryan, S.(eds). (in press). Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Irie, K., Ryan, S., Mercer, S. (2018). Using Q methodology to investigate pre-service EFL teachers’ mindsets about teaching competences. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 8(3), 575-598.
• Ryan, S. (2018). Motivation. In Richards, J. & Burns, A. (eds.). Cambridge Guide to Learning English as a Second Language. (pp. 55-62). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Ryan, S. (2017). Emotion in Language Learning. Teaching Times. 7-8.
• Ryan, S. (2016). Quantitative and qualitative methods. In A. Linn (Ed.) Investigating English in Europe. pp, 167-73. Berlin:De Gruyter Mouton.
• Ryan, S.. (2016). Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: From theory to practice (Review). English Language Teaching Journal 70 (2), 225-227
• Mercer, S. & Ryan, S. (2016). Stretching the boundaries: Language learning psychology. Palgrave Communications, 2, 1-5. Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (eds.) (2015) Psychology in language learning : Special issue. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 5(3).
• Boo, Z., Dörnyei, Z., & Ryan, S. (2015). L2 motivation research 2005-2014: Understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape. System 55, 145-157
• Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (eds.) (2015) Psychology in language learning : Special issue. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 5(2).
• Ryan, S. (2015). An interview with Tomoko Yashima. The Language Teacher, 39 (4), 17-20.
• Ryan, S. (2015). The horse, the water, and the horse’s reflection: Understanding language learner narrative identity in the classroom. Humanising Language Teaching., 17 (4).
• Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (eds.) (2015) Psychology in language learning 1: Special issue. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching.
• Williams, M., Mercer, S. & Ryan, S. (2015). Exploring psychology for language teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Dörnyei. Z., & Ryan, S. (2015). The psychology of the language learner revisited. New York: Routledge.
• Yoshijima, S. & Ryan, S. (eds.) (2015). Foreign language education: Foreign language education in the era of glocalization. Asahi Press: Tokyo.
• Irie, K. & Ryan, S. (2015). Identifying patterns of changes in self-perception: Q Methodology. In Sage research methods cases. London: Sage Publications.
• Irie, K. & Ryan, S. (2015). Study abroad and the dynamics of change in learner L2 self-concept. In Z. Dörnyei, P.
• MacIntyre, & A. Henry (Eds.), Motivational dynamics in language learning (pp. 343-366). Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Ryan, S. & Irie, K. (2014). Imagined and possible self perspectives: Storied selves. In S. Mercer & M. Williams (Eds.). Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA (pp. 109-123). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
• Yoshijima, S. & Ryan, S. (eds.) (2014). Foreign language education: Roles and challenges in general education. Asahi Press: Tokyo.
• Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (Eds.) (2013). The role of the imagination in language learning. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching- Special Issue
• Ryan, S. & Dörnyei, Z. (2013). The long-term evolution of language motivation and the L2 self. In A. Berndt (Ed.), Fremdsprachen in der Perspektive lebenslangen Lernens (Foreign languages in the perspective of lifelong learning) Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
• Mercer, S. & Ryan, S. (2013). Praising to learn: Learning to praise. In M. Reitbauer, N. Campbell, S. Mercer, J. Schumm Fauster, R. Vaupetitsch (eds.) Feedback matters: Current feedback practices in the EFL classroom (pp. 21-36). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
• Ryan, S. (2012). Motivation. In M. Byram & A. Hu (Eds.) Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.. London: Routledge
• Ryan, S. (2012). Theories of motivation. In M. Byram & A. Hu (Eds.) Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.. London: Routledge
• Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (2012). Implicit theories: Language learning mindsets. In S. Mercer, S. Ryan & M. Williams (Eds.) Psychology in Language Learning: Insights from theory and research (pp. 74-89). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Mercer, S., Ryan, S., & Williams, M. (Eds.). (2012). Psychology in Language Learning: Insights from theory and research. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (2012). Language learning mindsets across cultural settings: English Learners in Austria and Japan. OnCUE Journal 6 (1), 6-22
• Mercer, S., & Ryan, S. (2011). Advanced learners’ perceptions of effective language learning strategies: Are they ‘fit for purpose’? In In E. Schwarz, & S. Mercer (Eds.), Language Learning at the Tertiary Level (pp. 9-32). Graz: ITAT.
• Ryan, S., & Mercer, S. (2011). Natural talent, natural acquisition and abroad: learner attributions of agency in language learning. In G. Muray, T. Lamb, & A. Gao (Eds.), Identity, Motivation and Autonomy: Exploring their links (pp. 160-176). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
• Ryan, S. (2011). Integrating an ELF perspective to English education in Japan: Motivational challenges and opportunities. Senshu University Annual Bulletin of the Humanities, 41
• Mercer. S, & Ryan, S. (2010) A Mindset for EFL: Learners’ beliefs about the role of natural talent. English Language Teaching Journal 64 (4), 436-444