TY - BOOK AU - Breen Michael P TI - Learner contributions to language learning: new directions in research SN - 0582404754 AV - P118.2 U1 - 418/.0071 PY - 2001/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Longman KW - Second language acquisition KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-210) and indexes; 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 ER -