| Author | : Katarina Mentzelopoulos |
| File Size | : 54,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : Channel View Publications |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 25 October 2022 |
| ISBN | : 9781800414341 |
| Pages | : 235 pages |
Stories from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency by Katarina Mentzelopoulos Book PDF Summary
It is generally understood that most language learners beyond a certain age are unlikely to ever reach nativelike proficiency in their second language. However, there exists a unique population of gifted adult learners who do triumph against all odds and achieve nativelike proficiency, and their learning experiences have thus far remained a largely untapped gold mine. The companion to Lessons from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency, this volume presents the autobiographical learning stories of 30 such exceptional individuals, opening a narrative window into their learning experiences. This rich corpus of success stories reveals the many steps of these language learning journeys and the learners’ pathways to success. A fascinating and readable collection of personal stories, this volume will be of interest to non-specialist language learners as a motivational primer for their own studies as well as researchers working in language learning psychology, who will find the unique database of learner narratives a useful tool for future research.