Perspectives on individual characteristics and foreign language education /:

"Learner characteristics have been at the center of second language acquisition and foreign language education research in response to the puzzling questions: Why are there often large differences in second language (L2) learning achievement and why do many learners, though proficient first lan...

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Körperschaft: CLaSIC 2010
Weitere Verfasser: Chan, Wai Meng, 1962- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston ; Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, Inc., [2012]
Schriftenreihe:Studies in second and foreign language education ; 6.
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Zusammenfassung:"Learner characteristics have been at the center of second language acquisition and foreign language education research in response to the puzzling questions: Why are there often large differences in second language (L2) learning achievement and why do many learners, though proficient first language speakers, not succeed in learning a L2? The papers in this book explore and challenge the three key factors in individual difference research: language aptitude, language learning strategies and motivation"--Provided by publisher.
Beschreibung:"This book brings together fifteen papers selected from CLaSIC 2010, the Fouth Centre for Language Studies International Conference, held at the Orchard Hotel in Singapore on December 2-4, 2010"--Preface.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (342 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781614510932
1614510938