Lessons from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency : Motivation, Cognition and Identity.

Intro
DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/DORNYE2453
Contents
Acknowledgements
In Memory
Introduction
1 Theoretical Background
2 Methodology: Identifying Participants and Documenting Their Stories
3 Defining Nativelikeness
4 A Favourable Set-Up
5 A Unique Bond with the Chosen Language
6 Cognition and Other Facilitative Learner Characteristics
7 Attention to Pronunciation
8 Intensive Effort and Strategic Learning
9 Reinforcing Relationships and Social Expectations
10 Sources of Persistence
11 Second Language Confidence, Comfort and Ownership
12 The Question of L2 Identities
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
Discount on companion volume Stories From Exceptional Language Learners.