TY - BOOK AU - Benson,Phil AU - Nunan,David TI - Learners' stories: difference and diversity in language learning T2 - Cambridge language teaching library SN - 0521849381 AV - P51 .L389 2005 U1 - 418.0071 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index; 1; Introduction; Phil Benson and David Nunan --; 2; (Auto)biography and learner diversity; Phil Benson --; 3; Affect in lifelong learning : exploring L2 motivation as a dynamic process; Amel Shoaib and Zoltan Dornyei --; 4; Emotion processes in second language acquisition; Sufumi So and Rocio Dominguez --; 5; Is there language acquisition after 40? : older learners speak up; Lois Bellingham --; 6; An Arabic-speaking English learner's path to autonomy through reading; Diane Malcolm --; 7; Learners' constructions of identities and imagined communities; Tim Murphey, Chen Jin and Chen Li-Chi --; 8; 'It's just rules ... that's all it is at this stage ...'; Sara Cotterall --; 9; Accommodation zone : two learners' struggles to cope with a distance learning English course; Solasa Sataporn and Martin Lamb --; 10; Learning a second language with broadcast materials at home : Japanese students' long-term experiences; Tae Umino --; 11; Conclusion; David Nunan and Phil Benson N2 - "This book focuses on learners as people, and the ways in which language learning is embedded within the personal and social lives of learners. It shows how first-person accounts of language learning can be used practically both inside and outside the classroom."--BOOK JACKET ER -