Learners' Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)

Benson, Phil

ISBN 10: 0521614147 / ISBN 13: 9780521614146

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

About this Item

This volume is a collection of nine original papers exploring dimensions of individual difference in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. Editor(s): Benson, Phil; Nunan, David. Series: Cambridge Language Teaching Library. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBG; EBAL. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270. . 2005. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learners' Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521614147
• ISBN 13: 9780521614146
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Learners' Stories is a collection of nine original papers exploring individual differences in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. This book focusses on language learners as people, not as abstract individuals. By listening to the voices of the learners themselves and setting them in the context of their personal and social lives it advances our understanding of the enormous tasks faced by second and foreign language learners. It contains new and previously unpublished research which fills a gap in the existing literature. It also demonstrates how first-person accounts of langauge learning can be used practically both inside and outside the classroom.

Book Description

This book focusses on language learners as people, not as abstract individuals. By listening to the voices of the learners themselves and setting them in the context of their personal and social lives it advances our understanding of the enormous tasks faced by second and foreign language learners. It contains new and previously unpublished research which fills a gap in the existing literature. It also demonstrates how first-person accounts of langauge learning can be used practically both inside and outside the classroom.