Mentzelopoulos / Dörnyei Stories from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80041-433-4
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

It is generally understood that most language learners beyond a certain age are unlikely to ever reach nativelike proficiency in their second language. However, there exists a unique population of gifted adult learners who do triumph against all odds and achieve nativelike proficiency, and their learning experiences have thus far remained a largely untapped gold mine. The companion to Lessons from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency, this volume presents the autobiographical learning stories of 30 such exceptional individuals, opening a narrative window into their learning experiences. This rich corpus of success stories reveals the many steps of these language learning journeys and the learners’ pathways to success. A fascinating and readable collection of personal stories, this volume will be of interest to non-specialist language learners as a motivational primer for their own studies as well as researchers working in language learning psychology, who will find the unique database of learner narratives a useful tool for future research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mentzelopoulos, Katarina

Dörnyei, Zoltán

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. A Unique Bond

2. Escaping the Everyday

3. A New Generation

4. An Ear for Languages

5. The Desire to Blend In

6. Shifting Identities

7. Success Breeds Success

Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Dörnyei, Zoltán
Zoltán Dörnyei was a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He published extensively on second language acquisition and learner psychology, with a particular focus on language learner motivation.

Mentzelopoulos, Katarina
Katarina Mentzelopoulos is an ESRC-funded PhD student at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests include language learning motivation, multilingualism and learner identity.

Katarina Mentzelopoulos is an ESRC-funded PhD student at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests include language learning motivation, multilingualism and learner identity.

Zoltán Dörnyei was a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He published extensively on second language acquisition and learner psychology, with a particular focus on language learner motivation.