Lessons from Good Language Learners
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:3rd Apr '08
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This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of successful language learning strategies and reviews the literature and research on this subject.
Lessons from Good Language Learners provides a reference base, addresses theoretical issues and considers pedagogical implications. It identifies gaps in our current understanding and suggests useful research initiatives and it considers how all of this relates to successful language learning by unique individuals in a variety of situations. The book is divided into 2 sections: the first deals with learner variables and has chapters on such topics as age, culture, motivation, personality and aptitude. The second covers learning variables such as vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, reading and listening. The writers include many well-established names such as Anna Chamot, Paul Nation and Andrew Cohen as well as some of the best representatives of the new generation of applied linguists.
ISBN: 9780521718141
Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 20mm
Weight: 540g
338 pages