Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the construct of resilience, beginning with definitional issues and the research that it has inspired in educational circles. It shows how resilience might relate specifically to language learning through a review of relevant work on the topic and examine the insights that might be integrated into our field’s understanding of resilience. The foundations of resilience research were set in the early work of developmental psychologists studying the origins of mental illness and behavioral problems in children raised in extreme physical, emotional, and psychological deprivation. Resilience and other positive character strengths have gained recent attention in second language learning research due to their potential to influence learners’ success. The nature of resilience and its potential value for second language learners’ and their success in language learning and use underscore the need to be deliberate in searching for ways to link resilience to practice.
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