Chan / Chin / Bhatt Perspectives on Individual Characteristics and Foreign Language Education

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61451-093-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 351 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]ISSN

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.

Zielgruppe

Foreign Language Teachers, Foreigh Language Researchers, Applied Linguists, Curriculum Planners

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, Wai Meng

Chin, Kwee Nyet

Bhatt, Sunil

Bhatt, Sunil Kumar

Walker, Izumi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Chapter 1. Individual characteristics and foreign language education: An introduction to the book;11
2;Part 1: Cognitive variables;35
2.1;Chapter 2 Attention, awareness, and individual differences in language learning;37
2.2;Chapter 3 Language learning aptitude and foreign language learning;61
2.3;Chapter 4 Understanding L2 reading: A cognitive perspective;81
2.4;Chapter 5 The effects of motivation and proficiency on pragmatic and grammatical awareness in foreign language learning;103
2.5;Chapter 6 Differentiated instruction for language and learning strategies: Classroom applications;125
2.6;Chapter 7. Characterising individual learners on an empirically-developed can-do system: An application of Latent Rank Theory;141
3;Part 2: Beliefs, assumptions and attitudes;161
3.1;Chapter 8. Learner language in unrehearsed communication: Nurturing individual differences in the classroom;163
3.2;Chapter 9. Exploring Australian Japanese language teachers’ perceptions of intercultural language learning;185
3.3;Chapter 10. Assumptions about learning and teaching languages amongst Australian pre-service teachers: A pedagogical process allowing reflection for teacher learning;207
3.4;Chapter 11. Individual difference and context in study abroad;231
4;Part 3: Motivation, identity and anxiety;249
4.1;Chapter 12. The role of stories in teacher development;251
4.2;Chapter 13. Language identity as a process and second language learning;265
4.3;Chapter 14. Fostering learners’ affective development through process drama;283
4.4;Chapter 15. Implementing a goal setting program for EFL students: The design, process and results;311
4.5;Chapter 16. A study of foreign language classroom anxiety at a Taiwanese university;327
5;Authors and their affiliations;343
6;Index;347