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Learners' Stories

Difference and Diversity in Language Learning

By: Phil Benson (Editor), David Nunan (Editor)

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Paperback | 9 May 2005

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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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Non-Fiction Teaching English (ELT)ELT Learning Material & Coursework Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Usage & Grammar Guides ELT Background & Reference Material ELT Teaching Theory & Methods Applied Linguistics for ELT

Introduction
(Auto)biography and learner diversity
Affect in lifelong learning: Exploring L2 motivation as a dynamic process
Emotion processes in second language acquisition
Is there language acquisition after 40? Older learners speak up
An Arabic-speaking English learner's path to autonomy through reading
Learners' constructions of identities and imagined communities
'It's just rules ... that's all it is at this stage...'
Accommodation zone: Two learners' struggles to cope with a distance learning English course
Learning a second language with broadcast materials at home: Japanese students' long-term experiences
Conclusion
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