Lessons from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency : Motivation, Cognition and Identity / Katarina Mentzelopoulos, Zoltán Dörnyei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dörnyei, Zoltán, Author.

Mentzelopoulos, Katarina, Author.

Series:

Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology).

Motivation in education.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book opens a narrative window into the experiences of learners who achieve nativelike proficiency and offers insights into their pathways to success. Tying together themes of motivation, cognition and identity, the authors explore how these learners became so successful and whether their success can be repeated by others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

In Memory

Introduction

1 Theoretical Background

2 Methodology: Identifying Participants and Documenting

3 Defining Nativelikeness

4 A Favourable Set-Up

5 A Unique Bond with the Chosen Language

6 Cognition and Other Facilitative Learner Characteristics

7 Attention to Pronunciation

8 Intensive Effort and Strategic Learning

9 Reinforcing Relationships and Social Expectations

10 Sources of Persistence

11 Second Language Confidence, Comfort and Ownership

12 The Question of L2 Identities

Conclusion

Appendix

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

ISBN:

1-80041-246-0

1-80041-247-9

OCLC:

1348480611