Book contents
- Lessons from Good Language Teachers
- Lessons from Good Language Teachers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface An Overview of Good Language Teachers
- Part I Macro Perspectives
- Part II Classroom Perspectives
- 8 Method, Methodology, Technological Medium, and Good Language Teachers
- 9 Assessment and Good Language Teachers
- 10 Individual Differences and Good Language Teachers
- 11 Classroom Management and Good Language Teachers
- 12 Corrective Feedback and Good Language Teachers
- 13 Relationships and Good Language Teachers
- 14 Language Learning Strategies and Good Language Teachers
- Part III Instructional Perspectives
- Index
- References
10 - Individual Differences and Good Language Teachers
from Part II - Classroom Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2020
Book contents
- Lessons from Good Language Teachers
- Lessons from Good Language Teachers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface An Overview of Good Language Teachers
- Part I Macro Perspectives
- Part II Classroom Perspectives
- 8 Method, Methodology, Technological Medium, and Good Language Teachers
- 9 Assessment and Good Language Teachers
- 10 Individual Differences and Good Language Teachers
- 11 Classroom Management and Good Language Teachers
- 12 Corrective Feedback and Good Language Teachers
- 13 Relationships and Good Language Teachers
- 14 Language Learning Strategies and Good Language Teachers
- Part III Instructional Perspectives
- Index
- References
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.
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- Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 121 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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