TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chan,Wai Meng
ED  - National University of Singapore.
ED  - CLaSIC 2010
TI  - Perspectives on individual characteristics and foreign language education
T2  - Studies in second and foreign language education [SSFLE]
SN  - 9781614510932
AV  - P118.2 
U1  - 418 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Boston, Berlin
PB  - Walter de Gruyter, Inc.
KW  - Second language acquisition
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KW  - Communication in foreign language education
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KW  - Linguistique appliquée
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
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KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
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KW  - Linguistics
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N1  - "This book brings together fifteen papers selected from CLaSIC 2010, the Fouth Centre for Language Studies International Conference, held at the Orchard Hotel in Singapore on December 2-4, 2010"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Individual characteristics and foreign language education: An introduction to the book -- Part 1. Cognitive variables. 2. Attention, awareness, and individual differences in language learning -- 3. Language learning aptitude and foreign language learning -- 4. Understanding L2 reading: A cognitive perspective -- 5. The effects of motivation and proficiency on pragmatic and grammatical awareness in foreign language learning -- 6. Differentiated instruction for language and learning strategies: Classroom applications -- 7. Characterising individual learners on an empirically-developed can-do system: An application of Latent Rank Theory -- Part 2. Beliefs, assumptions and attitudes. 8. Learner language in unrehearsed communication: Nurturing individual differences in the classroom -- 9. Exploring Australian Japanese language teachers' perceptions of intercultural language learning -- 10. Assumptions about learning and teaching languages amongst Australian pre-service teachers: A pedagogical process allowing reflection for teacher learning -- 11. Individual difference and context in study abroad -- Part 3. Motivation, identity and anxiety. 12. The role of stories in teacher development -- 13. Language identity as a process and second language learning -- 14. Fostering learners' affective development through process drama -- 15. Implementing a goal setting program for Efl students: The design, process and results -- 16. A study of foreign language classroom anxiety at a Taiwanese university -- Authors and their affiliations
N2  - "Learner characteristics have been at the center of second language acquisition and foreign language education research in response to the puzzling questions: Why are there often large differences in second language (L2) learning achievement and why do many learners, though proficient first language speakers, not succeed in learning a L2? The papers in this book explore and challenge the three key factors in individual difference research: language aptitude, language learning strategies and motivation"--Provided by publisher
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