Learner Contributions to Language Learning: New Directions in Research (Applied Linguistics and Language Study) - Softcover

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Michael Breen is an award-winning fantasy author. He has a background in theatre (favorite playwrights tend to be a bit dark and Irish). He used to write simple songs with good friends and still listens to the same punk bands that he did in high school. Michael likes truthful fantasy, books that are fearless, and British TV shows. When not writing, he is usually thinking about writing or trying to figure out how a mandolin works. Michael has won the gold medal for fantasy in the 2023 Independent Publisher "IPPY" Book Awards, the gold medal for young adult fantasy in the 2023 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, and a bronze medal in the U.K.'s Wishing Shelf Book Awards, among other accolades.

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General Editor: Christopher N. Candlin,
Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics,
Centre for English Language Education and Communication Research
Department of English
City University of Hong Kong

Since it was first established in the 1970s the Applied Linguistics and Language Study series has become a major force in the study of practical problems in human communication and language education. Drawing extensively on empirical research and theoretical work in linguistics, sociology, psychology and education, the series explores key issues in language acquisition and language use.

What the learner contributes is central to the language learning process. Learner Contributions to Language Learning provides a uniquely comprehensive account of learners' personal attributes, their thinking, their feelings, and their actions that have been shown to have an impact upon language learning.
Containing specific chapters from leading names in the field, this book provides both a review of what has been discovered from previous research and identifies important future directions for research on learner contributions. It is a landmark volume setting the agenda for language learning research in the 21st century and it provides invaluable information for all those engaged in language teaching.
The contributors to the volume are:
Michael P. Breen Bonny Norton
Anna Chamot Rebecca Oxford
Rod Ellis Anna Pavlenko
James P. Lantolf Anita Wenden
Diane Larsen-Freeman

Michael P. Breen is Professor of Language Education in the Centre for English Language Teaching, University of Stirling.