Learner contributions to language learning : new directions in research /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
Description:xxii, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Applied linguistics and language study.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4422389
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Other authors / contributors:Breen, Michael P.
ISBN:0582404754 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-210) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Conceptualisation, affect, and action in context
  • Individual cognitive/ affective learner contributions and differential success in second langugae acquisition
  • The role of learning strategies in second language acquisition
  • Metacognitive knowledge in SLA: the neglected variable
  • The metaphorical constructions of second language learners
  • 'The bleached bones of a story': learners' constructions of language teachers
  • Overt participation and covert acquisition in the language classroom
  • (S)econd (L)anguage (A)ctivity theory: understanding second language learners as people
  • Non-participation, imagined communities and the language classroom
  • Postscript: New directions for reasearch on learner contributions