Learners' stories : difference and diversity in language learning / edited by Phil Benson and David Nunan. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - viii, 174 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Cambridge language teaching library .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-172) and index.

(Auto)biography and learner diversity / Phil Benson -- Affect in lifelong learning: Exploring L2 motivation as a dynamic process / Amel Shoaib and Zoltçn DÜrnyei -- Emotion processes in second language acquisition / Sufumi So with RocÆo DomÆnguez -- Is there language acquisition after 40? Older learners speak up / Lois Bellingham -- An Arabic-speaking English learner's path to autonomy through reading / Diane Malcolm -- Learners' constructions of identities and imagined communities / Tim Murphey, Chen Jin and Chen Li-Chi -- Ît's just rules . . . that's all it is at this stage . . .' / Sara Cotterall -- Accommodation zone: Two learner's struggles to cope with a distance learning English course / Solasa Sataporn and Martin Lamb -- learning a second language with broadcast materials at home: Japanese students' long-term experiences / Tae Umino.

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