Learner contributions to language learning :  new directions in research / 
edited by Michael P. Breen. 
 - Harlow, England ;  New York :  Longman,  2001. 
 - xxii, 218 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Applied linguistics and language study .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-210) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Conceptualization, affect, and action in context -- 1. Individual cognitive/affective learner contributions and differential success in second language acquisition / Diane Larsen-Freeman -- 2. The role of learning strategies in second language acquisition / Anna Uhl Chamot -- 3. Metacognitive knowledge in SLA: the neglected variable / Anita L. Wenden -- 4. The metaphorical constructions of second language learners / Rod Ellis -- 5. 'The bleached bones of a story': learners' constructions of language teachers / Rebecca L. Oxford -- 6. Overt participation and covert acquisition in the language classroom / Michael P. Breen -- 7. (S)econd (L)anguage (A)ctivity theory: understanding second language learners as people / James P. Lantolf and Aneta Pavlenko -- 8. Non-participation, imagined communities and the language classroom / Bonny Norton -- Postscript: New directions for research on learner contributions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0582404754  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Second language acquisition<br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P118.2 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>418/.0071