{"product_id":"individual-learner-differences-in-sla-9781847694348","title":"Individual Learner Differences in SLA","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning from the conflict between individual learner differences and the institutionalized, often inflexible character of formal language instruction, Individual Learner Differences in SLA addresses the fact that despite this apparent conflict, ultimate success in learning a language is widespread. Starting with theoretically-based chapters, the book follows the thread of learner differences through sections devoted to learner autonomy; differentiated application of learning strategies; diagnostic studies of experienced learners’ management of the learning process; and reports on phonological attainment and development of language skills. Rather than providing an overview of all individual variables, the book reveals how some of them shape and affect the processes of language acquisition and use in particular settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume makes a very important contribution to research on themes and issues connected with Individual Learner Difference in SLA. Its rich and varied content offers very valuable insights by a team of dynamic and up-to-date researchers. All the sub-fields of enquiry are represented here: from gender to age and from motivation to learning styles, thus providing a very useful reference base for theoretical issues, pedagogical implications and further research initiatives in the field. A \"must\" for researchers in SLA.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Muiris Ó Laoire, Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, this volume makes an up-to-date contribution to the study of individual learner differences in SLA, as well as the development of more individualized language teaching. In particular, experienced researchers and teachers would benefit from its wide array of content.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tim S. O. Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China * LINGUIST List: Vol-23-587 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the chapters are well-written, carefully planned, and contain sound research reports. What is particularly important is the fact that all the research accounts summarise individual variations in learning a foreign language, as opposed to a second language environment. Most of the chapters offer valuable and thorough insights into the issues in focus…The volume will be a useful guide to students in applied linguistics and to young researchers in their selection of interesting and valuable topics for further research.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Anna Michonska-Stadnik, University ofWroclaw, Poland * Anglica Wratislaviensia, XLX, 2012 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book should be of great use for teachers who intend to take individual learner features into consideration in language classrooms as well as researchers who pursue further empirical evidence on IDs. It is also a useful guide for novice researchers and graduate students who are seeking to learn about research on IDs and its relevant research methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Seongmee Ahn, Michigan State University, USA * SSLA issue 35:3 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanusz Arabski and Adam Wojtaszek: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 1 BACKGROUND ASSUMPTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I-Dieter Wolff: Individual Learner Differences and Instructed Language Learning: An Insoluble Conflict?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2-Mirosław Pawlak: Research into Language Learning Strategies: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 2 SUPPORTING LEARNER AUTONOMY\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3-Hasan Bedir: Teachers’ Perceptions of Individual Differences in Turkish Primary School EFL Classes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4-Maria Stec and Anna Studenska: Learning Autonomy Support By Foreign Language Teachers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5- Anna Studenska: Personality and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Self-Regulation in Foreign Lanugage Learning\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 3 LEARNERS’ ABILITIES IN STRATEGY APPLICATION\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6-Anna Mystkowska Wiertelak: The Development of Implicit Knowledge Through Structured Input Activities: The Importance of Individual Perceptions Concerning Grammar Instruction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7-Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic: Awareness of Cognate Vocabulary and Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Polish Multilingual and Bilingual Advanced Learners Of English\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 4 EXPERIENCED LEARNERS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8-Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel: A Study of Gender-Related Levels of Processing Anxieties Over Three Years of Secondary Grammar School Instruction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9-Joanna Bielska: Challenge or Threat? A Study of Perceived Self-efficacy of Polish EFL Teachers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10-Andrzej Łyda, Krystyna Warchał and Alina Jackiewic: Managing Criticism and Praise by Trainee Interpreters: Looking For Gender Differences\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 11-Zbigniew P. Możejko: Student Needs Assessment in Teaching English at the Tertiary Level – An Individual Learner Differences Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 5 INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER OF PHONOLOGICAL ATTAINMENT\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 12-Andrzej Porzuczek: Regularity and Individual Variation in Native English and Polish Learner's Wh-Question Suprasegmentals\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 13-Arkadiusz Rojczyk: Time-Limited Verbal Fluency Task with Polish-English Unbalanced Bilinguals\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 14-Eleni Tsiartsioni: The Acquisition of English Vowel Length Differences before Word Final Stops by Greek Learners of English\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 6 FOCUS ON LANGUAGE SKILLS: READING AND WRITING\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 15-Sıla Ay and Özgür Şen Bartan: Individual Differences in Foreign Language Reading Comprehension: Gender and Topic Interest\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 16-Halina Chodkiewicz: Individual Differences in L2 Readers’ Strategic Behaviour While Performing Reading to Learn Tasks: A Case Study\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 17-Liliana Piasecka: Current Views on Foreign Language Reading Motivation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 18-Danuta Gabryś-Barker: From Oral Input to Written Output: On Individual Differences in External Storing of Information\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 19-Jan Zalewski: Accounting for One Student’s Failure and Another’s Success on a Written Academic Assignment\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 20-Iwona Kowal: Online Revisions in FL Writing. 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