Strategic Language Learning: The Roles of Agency and Context

Author:   Xuesong (Andy) Gao
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Volume:   No. 49
ISBN:  

9781847692443


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   19 February 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Xuesong (Andy) Gao
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   No. 49
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.364kg
ISBN:  

9781847692443


ISBN 10:   1847692443
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   19 February 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 A Sociocultural Perspective on Strategic Learning Chapter 3 Mainland Chinese Students' Migration to Hong Kong Chapter 4 On the Chinese Mainland Chapter 5 Learning English in Hong Kong Chapter 6 Four Case Studies Chapter 7 Agency and Context in Strategic Learning

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In this engaging study combining both quantitative and qualitative approaches, Gao makes extensive use of a sociocultural research perspective to investigating second-language learner strategies. With theoretically-grounded rigor, he demonstrates how contextual realities (such as the threat of a given exam) mediate the language learning and use strategies of college students. A highlight of the study is his comparison of the same learners' strategies and discourse about their experiences in studying in mainland China and then at an English-medium university in Hong Kong. What lends credibility to the study is that the author himself experienced challenges similar to those of his subjects, and that he was a participant observer by rooming for a year in a student dorm with one of his subjects. Andrew Cohen, Second Language Studies, University of Minnesota, USA


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Xuesong (Andy) Gao is an Associate Professor in the Division of English Language Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.

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