Individual learner differences in SLA / edited by Janusz Arabski and Adam Wojtaszek

Published:: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: xvii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Arabski, Janusz and Wojtaszek, Adam

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Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England)

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Background Assumptions -- 1.Individual Learner Differences and Instructed Language Learning: An Insoluble Conflict? / D. Wolff -- 2.Research into Language Learning Strategies: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead / M. Pawlak -- pt. 2 Supporting Learner Autonomy -- 3.Teachers' Perceptions of Individual Differences in Turkish Primary School EFL Classes / H. Bedir -- 4.Learning Autonomy Support by Foreign Language Teachers / A. Studenska -- 5.Personality and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Self-Regulation in Foreign Language Learning / A. Studenska -- pt. 3 Learners' Abilities in Strategy Application -- 6.The Development of Implicit Knowledge through Structured Input Activities: The Importance of Individual Perceptions Concerning Grammar Instruction / A. Mystkowska-Wiertelak -- 7.Awareness of Cognate Vocabulary and Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Polish Multilingual and Bilingual Advanced Learners of English / A. Otwinowska-Kasztelanic -- pt. 4 Experienced Learners -- 8.A Study of Gender-Related Levels of Processing Anxieties over Three Years of Secondary Grammar School Instruction / E. Piechurska-Kuciel -- 9.Challenge or Threat? A Study of Perceived Self-Efficacy of Polish EFL Teachers / J. Bielska -- 10.Managing Criticism and Praise by Trainee Interpreters: Looking for Gender Differences / A. Jackiewicz -- 11.Student Needs Assessment in Teaching English at the Tertiary Level: An Individual Learner Differences Perspective / Z.P. Mozejko -- pt. 5 Individual Character of Phonological Attainment -- 12.Regularity and Individual Variation in Native English and Polish Learners' Wh-Question Suprasegmentals / A. Porzuczek -- 13.Time-Limited Verbal Fluency Task with Polish-English Unbalanced Bilinguals / A. Rojczyk -- 14.The Acquisition of English Vowel Length Differences before Word-Final Stops by Greek Learners of English / E. Tsiartsioni -- pt. 6 Focus on Language Skills: Reading and Writing -- 15.Individual Differences in Foreign Language Reading Comprehension: Gender and Topic Interest / O. S. Barton -- 16.Individual Differences in L2 Readers' Strategic Behaviour while Performing Reading to Leam Tasks: A Case Study / H. Chodkiewicz -- 17.Current Views on Foreign Language Reading Motivation / L. Piasecka -- 18.From Oral Input to Written Output: On Individual Differences in External Storing of Information / D. Gabrys-Barker -- 19.Accounting for One Student's Failure and Another's Success on a Written Academic Assignment / J. Zalewski.

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9781847694348 (hc : alk. paper)
1847694349 (hc : alk. paper)
9781847694355 (ebook)
1847694357 (ebook)

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