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Achieving success in second language acquisition / Betty Lou Leaver, Madeline Ehrman, and Boris Shekhtman.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leaver, Betty Lou, author.
- Ehrman, Madeline Elizabeth, author.
- Shekhtman, Boris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Second language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This clear and informative textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user. Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above, it teaches students to understand their own preferences in learning, to develop individual learning plans and approaches, and to select appropriate learning strategies. The authors - all leading experts in language teaching - base their advice on theories of learning, cognition, and memory, concepts which they explain in simple and accessible terms. The book is divided into three sections - learning, language, and communication - and provides students with communicative strategies for use in real-life interaction with native speakers. Each chapter contains an overview and review section, with learning activities that students can carry out by themselves, in groups, or in the classroom. Equally suitable for use both by individuals and as a class text, this book will become an invaluable resource for all language learners.
- Contents:
- Planning foreign-language study
- Understanding the role of cognition in the learning process
- Learning styles and learning strategies
- Understanding feelings and personality in language learning
- Interpersonal dynamics in the learning process
- Verbal language
- Sociolinguistics : the right expression
- Unspoken communication
- Self-regulation and learner autonomy
- Controlling spoken and written communication
- Epilogue:from here to there : attaining near-native proficiency.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-15037-X
- 1-280-14972-8
- 0-511-12200-4
- 0-511-11342-0
- 0-511-19861-2
- 0-511-61043-2
- 0-511-32404-9
- 0-511-11291-2
- OCLC:
- 181581527
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