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10 - Individual Differences and Good Language Teachers

from Part II - Classroom Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Mirosław Pawlak
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Chapter 10 outlines affective, cognitive, and social dimensions of individual differences in language learning and discusses language teachers’ insufficient expertise to match instruction to these differences. This outline is followed by a report on the findings from a small-scale study that explored teachers’ perceptions and use of individual learner differences in their classes.

Keywords

individual differencesagegenderintelligenceaptitudeworking memorypersonalitystyle motivationwillingness to communicate
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 121 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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