New Perspectives on Individual Differences in Language Learning and Teaching
Changing Perspectives on Individual Learner Differences.- Cognitive Factors and Instructed Language Acquisition.- Affective and Social Factors in Language Learning.- Individual Differences in Learning and Teaching Practices.
Researching pronunciation learning strategies: An overview and a critical look
Disparate goals that learners might have in learning second or foreign language pronunciation and the scant classroom time that can be dedicated to teaching this target language subsystem dictate that learner autonomy is of vital importance in this case and adept use of pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) can be viewed as key to the development of this attribute. Surprisingly, research on these strategies is scarce, mainly focusing on the identification and classification of PLS, diverse instruments are used for data collection and the findings are inconclusive. The paper provides an overview of the available research on PLS with respect to their identification, learners’ preferences co…