Learning styles in the ESL/EFL classroom / Joy M. Reid, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, Joy M.

Series:

Newbury House teacher development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Cognitive styles.

Learning, Psychology of.

Cognition and culture.

Physical Description:

xvii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Heinle & Heinle, ©1995.

Contents:

Cultural differences in learning styles / Gayle L. Nelson

Difficulties with cross-cultural learning-styles assessment / Patricia A. Eliason

Gender differences in language learning styles : what do they mean? / Rebecca L. Oxford

Cognitive and learning styles of high school students : implications for ESL curriculum development / Emma Violand-Sánchez

Drawing out communication : student-created visuals as a means for promoting language development in adult ESL classrooms / Sharron Bassano and Mary Ann Christison

Meeting language learners' sensory-learning-style preferences / Nancy Kroonenberg

Tolerance of ambiguity and the teaching of ESL / Christopher M. Ely.

Expanding student learning styles through poetry / Mary Ann Christison and Sharron Bassano

Culture-specific perceptual-learning-style preferences of postsecondary students of English as a second language / Christine Stebbins

Learning styles and strategies in adult immigrant ESL students / Laura Rossi-Le

Learning styles and elementary school ESL / Sabrina Peck

Learning styles and ITA training / Kristina Torkleson

ESL composition and learning styles / Patricia L. Carrell and Laura B. Monroe

Field-dependence/field-independence in the L2 classroom / Carol A. Chapelle

Understanding and empowering diverse learners in the ESL classroom / Kate Kinsella.

Appendix A: Normed learning style surveys: Learning channel preference checklist (LCPC) / Lynn O'Brien. Suggestions for visual, auditory, and haptic learners / Lynn O'Brien. Perceptual learning style preference (PLSP) / Joy Reid. Style analysis survey (SAS) / Rebecca L. Oxford. Second language tolerance of ambiguity scale / Christopher M. Ely

Appendix B: Informal surveys/materials: Environmental writing inventory / Joy Reid. Learning strategy definitions / Rebecca L. Oxford

Appendix C: Kinsella's Materials: Perceptual learning preferences survey / Kate Kinsella. Perceptual learning strengths / Kate Kinsella. Learning style activities / Kate Kinsella. Becoming a more empowered and flexible learner / Kate Kinsella. Instructor self-assessment form : learning style accommodation / Kate Kinsella. Classroom work style survey / Kate Kinsella and Kathy Sherak. Personal evaluation sheet : working in groups / Kate Kinsella.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index.

ISBN:

0838461581

9780838461587

OCLC:

32497514