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Learner contributions to language learning : new directions in research / edited by Michael P. Breen. - xxii, 218 pages ; 24 cm. - Applied linguistics and language study . - Applied linguistics and language study. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-210) and index.

Introduction: Conceptualisation, affect, and action in context -- Individual cognitive / affective learner contributions and differential success in second langugae acquisition / The role of learning strategies in second language acquisition / Metacognitive knowledge in SLA: the neglected variable / The metaphorical constructions of second language learners / 'The bleached bones of a story': learners' constructions of language teachers / Overt participation and covert acquisition in the language classroom / Second Language Activity theory: understanding second language learners as people / Non-participation, imagined communities and the language classroom / Postscript: New directions for research on learner contributions. Diana Larsen-Freeman -- Anna Uhli Chamot -- Anita L. Wenden -- Rod Ellis -- Rebecca L. Oxford -- Micahel P. Breen -- James P. Lantolf and Aneta Pavlenko -- Bonny Norton --

ISBN: 0582404754 9780582404755

LCCN: 00061390

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Second language acquisition.
Language and languages--Study and teaching.

LC Class. No.: P118.2 / .L4 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 418.0071