Strategic Language Learning: The Roles of Agency and Context (Second Language Acquisition)

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Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 192
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates’ language learning experiences in an English medium university. The inquiry reveals dynamic interaction between agency and contextual conditions underlying the participants’ strategic learning efforts in a multilingual setting.

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