Perspectives on individual characteristics and foreign language education / edited by Wai Meng Chan ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Centre for Language Studies (Malawi)

Chan, Wai Meng.

Series:

Studies in second and foreign language education ; 6.

Studies in second and foreign language education [SSFLE] ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1. Individual characteristics and foreign language education: An introduction to the book / Chan, Wai Meng / Chin, Kwee Nyet / Bhatt, Sunil Kumar / Walker, Izumi

Part 1: Cognitive variables

Chapter 2. Attention, awareness, and individual differences in language learning / Schmidt, Richard

Chapter 3. Language learning aptitude and foreign language learning / Aguado, Karin

Chapter 4. Understanding L2 reading: A cognitive perspective / Vanniarajan, Swathi M.

Chapter 5. The effects of motivation and proficiency on pragmatic and grammatical awareness in foreign language learning / Chiravate, Boonjeera

Chapter 6. Differentiated instruction for language and learning strategies: Classroom applications / Chamot, Anna Uhl

Chapter 7. Characterising individual learners on an empirically-developed can-do system: An application of Latent Rank Theory / Sugino, Naoki / Yamakawa, Kenichi / Ohba, Hiromasa / Shojima, Kojiro / Shimizu, Yuko / Nakano, Michiko

Part 2: Beliefs, assumptions and attitudes

Chapter 8. Learner language in unrehearsed communication: Nurturing individual differences in the classroom / Tarone, Elaine

Chapter 9. Exploring Australian Japanese language teachers' perceptions of intercultural language learning / Mahoney, Caroline

Chapter 10. Assumptions about learning and teaching languages amongst Australian pre-service teachers: A pedagogical process allowing reflection for teacher learning / Harbon, Lesley Anne

Chapter 11. Individual difference and context in study abroad / Benson, Phil

Part 3: Motivation, identity and anxiety

Chapter 12. The role of stories in teacher development / Aoki, Naoko

Chapter 13. Language identity as a process and second language learning / Zhou, Minglang

Chapter 14. Fostering learners' affective development through process drama

Chapter 15 Implementing a goal setting program for EFL students: The design, process and results / Chang, Shan-mao / Huang, Yi-ting / Wu, Hsiu-chen

Chapter 16. A study of foreign language classroom anxiety at a Taiwanese university / Chang, Ming

Authors and their affiliations

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781283857390

1283857391

9781614510932

1614510938

OCLC:

821199022