Strategic Language Learning - The Roles of Agency and Context

This monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates' language learning experiences in an English medium university. The inquiry reveals dynamic interaction between agency and contextual conditions underlying the participants' strategic learning efforts in a multilingual setting.

A propos de l'auteur

Xuesong (Andy) Gao is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. His current research interests are in the areas of learner autonomy, language learning narratives, language education policy, and language teacher education. He is co-editor of System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics.

Résumé

This monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates’ language learning experiences in an English medium university. The inquiry reveals dynamic interaction between agency and contextual conditions underlying the participants’ strategic learning efforts in a multilingual setting.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gao, Dr Xuesong Gao, Xuesong Gao, Xuesong (Andy) Gao
• Edition: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 19.02.2010
• EAN: 9781847692443
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-244-3
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 219 mm x 16 mm
• Poids: 356 g
• Thèmes: Second Language Acquisition; Second Language Acquisitions; Second Language Acquisition
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Formation pour adultes/université populaire > Matériel de cours/formation adultes langue; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie, didactique, méthode