Lessons from Good Language Learners

by Edited by Carol Griffiths

• ISBN13: 9780521889636
• ISBN10: 0521889634
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-21
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of the area of sucessful language learning strategies and reviews the literature and research on this subject to date. The book 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.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Editor's overview	p. 1
Prologue	p. 7
Reflections	p. 10
Learner variables
Motivation and good language learners	p. 19
Age and good language learners	p. 35
Learning style and good language learners	p. 49
Personality and good language learners	p. 61
Gender and good language learners	p. 73
Strategies and good language learners	p. 83
Metacognition and good language learners	p. 99
Autonomy and good language learners	p. 110
Beliefs and good language learners	p. 121
Culture and good language learners	p. 131
Aptitude and good language learners	p. 142
Learning variables
Vocabulary and good language learners	p. 159
Grammar and good language learners	p. 174
Functions and good language learners	p. 185
Pronunciation and good language learners	p. 197
Listening and good language learners	p. 208
Speaking and good language learners	p. 218
Reading and good language learners	p. 231
Writing and good language learners	p. 244
Teaching/learning method and good language learners	p. 255
Strategy instruction and good language learners	p. 266
Error correction and good language learners	p. 282
Tasks and good language learners	p. 294
The learners' landscape and journey: a summary	p. 306
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