The kaleidoscope of adult second language learning : learner, teacher and researcher perspectives by Wigglesworth, Gillian; Macquarie University. National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research instant download

The kaleidoscope of adult second language learning : learner, teacher and researcher perspectives by Wigglesworth, Gillian; Macquarie University. National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research instant download

vii, 300 pages ; 22 cm, Explores a range of factors which impact on learners in the language- learning situation through the voices of the leaners, teachers and researchers. Research collection 2, Includes bibliographical references, 1. Revolving the kaleidoscope: the role of cultural, social, educational and individual factors in language learning / Gillian Wigglesworth -- 2. Changing clients in the AMEP at the turn of the 21st century / Denise E. Murray -- 3. Oracy is more than the absence of literacy: changing learner groups in ESL classrooms in highly literate societies / Howard Nicholas and Alan Williams -- 4. The influence of prior learning / Lynda Yates -- 5. The pieces of the pattern: learner backgrounds and profiles / Alan Williams and Lynda Yates -- 6. Language learning strategies / Helen Lunt -- 7. Second language development: extending, elaborating and refining English speech / Howard Nicholas and Gillian Wigglesworth -- 8. Turning the kaleidoscope: perceptions of learning and teaching in the AMEP / Lynda Yates and Alan Williams -- 9. Bilingual initiatives in the ESL classroom / Gillian Wigglesworth, 10. Problem or opportunity? Providing for preliterate learners in the AMEP / Margaret Gunn -- 11. Special focus writing class for Horn of Africa and other AMEP students with similar writing needs / Karen Slikas Barber -- 12. Reflections on the patterns from the kaleidoscope / Gillian Wigglesworth and Howard Nicholas