Capitalizing on Language Learners' Individuality: From Premise to Practice

This book closes the gap between theory and classroom application by capitalizing on learners’ individuality in second or foreign language learning. The book examines the existing literature and theoretical underpinnings of each of the most prominent learner characteristics including anxiety, belief...

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Main Authors: Gregersen, Tammy (Author), MacIntyre, Peter D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Blue Ridge Summit, PA Multilingual Matters [2014]
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Online Access:DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
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Summary:This book closes the gap between theory and classroom application by capitalizing on learners’ individuality in second or foreign language learning. The book examines the existing literature and theoretical underpinnings of each of the most prominent learner characteristics including anxiety, beliefs, cognitive abilities, motivation, strategies, styles and willingness to communicate. This strong foundation, coupled with the wide variety of activities that are suggested at the end of each chapter, arms the reader with ideas to conquer the problems created by negative affect and to capitalize on positive, facilitative emotions. The tasks are unrestricted by language and can be modified for use with technology, emergent learners and large classes, making this book a useful resource for both in-service teachers and pre-service teachers in university language teacher education programs
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781783091218
DOI:10.21832/9781783091218

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