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The Applied Linguistic Individual
Lucy Cooker (Editor) Phil Benson (Editor)
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Description for The Applied Linguistic Individual
Hardcover. The volume explores how individuality is conceptualised in socially-oriented approaches to Applied Linguistics research, including Sociocultural Theory, Situated Learning, Imagined Communities, Complexity Theory, and Autonomy Theory. Editor(s): Benson, Phil; Cooker, Lucy. Series: Studies in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 226 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
A focus on learner individuality in Applied Linguistics has been considered a mark of theoretical weakness from several perspectives. One branch of second language acquisition research has systematically discounted individual characteristics in favour of a search for universal acquisition processes. Another has adopted 'individual differences' as its object of inquiry, but emphasises psychological and sociological group characteristics over those of individuals. At the other end of the spectrum, critical researchers have viewed these approaches as 'individualistic' and have emphasised instead the deeply social character of second language acquisition. More recently, however, the qualitative approaches favoured by socially-oriented researchers have ... Read more
A focus on learner individuality in Applied Linguistics has been considered a mark of theoretical weakness from several perspectives. One branch of second language acquisition research has systematically discounted individual characteristics in favour of a search for universal acquisition processes. Another has adopted 'individual differences' as its object of inquiry, but emphasises psychological and sociological group characteristics over those of individuals. At the other end of the spectrum, critical researchers have viewed these approaches as 'individualistic' and have emphasised instead the deeply social character of second language acquisition. More recently, however, the qualitative approaches favoured by socially-oriented researchers have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Applied Linguistics
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908049384
SKU
V9781908049384
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About Lucy Cooker (Editor) Phil Benson (Editor)
Phil Benson is a Professor in and Head of the English Department at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, where he teaches on the Department's Masters and Doctor of Education programmes. He is also director of the Faculty of Languages Popular Culture and Education Research and Development Centre. He has published widely on the subject of autonomy, including the book ... Read more
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