This book introduces a new perspective of language learning and emotions to complement recent studies that have foregrounded the processes involved in navigating cultural difference and the negotiation of second language identities. The volume presents three detailed case studies of the lived experiences of language learning during a period of study abroad. All three of the language learners in these case studies were students of Italian in universities in the UK. The border crossing undertaken by these students is part of the wider transnational mobility ushered in by supra-national...