2025.12 Issue 9

Engaging With and Exploring Autonomy, Creativity, and Well-Being for Learner Development

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Introduction
Introduction to The Learner Development Journal Issue 9: Engaging With and Exploring Autonomy, Creativity, and Well-Being for Learner Development
Stacey Vye, Robert Moreau, & Ivan Lombardi
Stories of Practice
Creating Mindful L2 Selves in a Meditation-Based Activity in Higher Education
Ana Paula Cruz
Playing with Theory to Explore Social Language Learning in an Autonomy-Promoting English Course
Fergal Bradley
Project-Based Learning for Collaborative Fiction Writing: A Problem-Solution Inquiry into Learners’ Needs Through Practitioner Research in Senior High School 
Tomohide Warabi
Communication for Learning and Well-Being: A Reflective Story of Practice of an EFL Teacher and Researcher
Mark L. W. Johnson
Exploring Japanese Language Literature to Enhance Higher Cognitive Skills in Intermediate-Level College American Students: Supplemental Materials and Motivation 
Masako M. Nunn
Practice-Related Review
Creative Speaking: A Practice-Related Review of “Creativity Through Inquiry Dialogue” (Chappell, 2016) in Creativity in Language Teaching (Jones & Richards, 2016) 
Nathan Cohen
Commentary
Where Creativity Meets Care: Autonomy, Wellbeing, and Identity in LDJ9
Christina Gkonou