Learners' Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning

Learners' Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning
ISBN-10
0521849381
ISBN-13
9780521849388
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
175
Language
English
Published
2005-04-07
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
David Nunan, Phil Benson

Description

This volume is a collection of nine original papers exploring dimensions of individual difference in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. This volume is a collection of nine original papers exploring dimensions of individual difference in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. Topics covered include motivation, emotion, age, learning strategies and beliefs, identity and the influence of classroom, distance and self-instructional settings. The authors use a variety of research methods to investigate learners' experiences of these aspects of the learning process. Among the countries represented in the research are Australia, Bahrain, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom and the United States. The studies will be of interest to teachers, teachers-in-preparation, teacher educators and researchers.

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