Capitalizing on Language Learners' Individuality: From Premise to Practice

Gregersen, Tammy (Corporate Author)/ Macintyre, Peter D. (Corporate Author)

ISBN 10: 1783091207 / ISBN 13: 9781783091201

Editore: Channel View Books, 2013

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259 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-1783091207

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Titolo: Capitalizing on Language Learners' ...

Casa editrice: Channel View Books

Data di pubblicazione: 2013

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto:

This book closes the gap between theory and classroom application by capitalizing on learners' individuality in second or foreign language learning. Issues of content are targeted through a description of the variables of anxiety, beliefs, cognitive abilities, motivation, strategies, styles and willingness to communicate. Teachers are given support in how to address these issues by the provision of activities at the end of each chapter.

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This is one of the richest and most intriguing books on learner characteristics that I have come across in my entire career. It aims to kill two birds with one stone by offering an up-to-date theoretical introduction as well as a series of practical classroom activities, and it succeeds: the birds are definitely dead! I will urge my friends, colleagues and students to have a copy of this book on their bookshelves. --Zoltán Dörnyei, University of Nottingham, UK

Gregersen and MacIntyre do a remarkable job of closing the gap between theory and practice by presenting theories about learner characteristics in a highly accessible way and then providing a host of user-friendly, step-by-step classroom activities. The authors have an uncanny knack for speaking to the concerns of the teachers while at the same time directly addressing the needs of the learners. The volume takes 'catering to individual differences' in second language learning to a whole new level. --Andrew D. Cohen, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, USA