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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gao, Dr Xuesong Gao, Xuesong Gao, Xuesong (Andy) Gao
• Editore: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.02.2010
• EAN: 9781847692443
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-244-3
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 219 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 356 g
• Serie: Second Language Acquisition; Second Language Acquisitions; Second Language Acquisition
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica