It is generally understood that most language learners beyond a certain age are unlikely to ever reach nativelike proficiency in their second language. However, there exists a unique population of gifted adult learners who do triumph against all odds and achieve nativelike proficiency, and their learning experiences have thus far remained a largely untapped gold mine. The companion to Lessons from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency, this volume presents the autobiographical learning stories of 30 such exceptional individuals, opening a narrative window into their learning experiences. This rich corpus of success stories reveals the many steps of these language learning journeys and the learners’ pathways to success. A fascinating and readable collection of personal stories, this volume will be of interest to non-specialist language learners as a motivational primer for their own studies as well as researchers working in language learning psychology, who will find the unique database of learner narratives a useful tool for future research.
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Acknowledgements
Preface
1. A Unique Bond
2. Escaping the Everyday
3. A New Generation
4. An Ear for Languages
5. The Desire to Blend In
6. Shifting Identities
7. Success Breeds Success
Concluding Remarks
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Katarina Mentzelopoulos is an ESRC-funded Ph D student at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests include language learning motivation, multilingualism and learner identity.
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