Overview
Reveals the complexity of strategic vocabulary learning experiences of Chinese students as they study for their degrees in English-speaking countries
Offers an in-depth account of how and why learners select and combine certain strategies to enhance their vocabulary learning
Explores the complex interplay between the students' strategy use, their agency as a learner and their discrete learning contexts
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“This book focuses on learning vocabulary for authentic use in a study abroad context. The case study approach helps situate learning agents in learning sites. Vocabulary learning strategies are shown as purposefully chosen, customised, dynamic, situated, flexibly coordinated, and sometimes co-constructed and shared. A must read for language learners, teachers, and learning strategy researchers.” (Peter Gu, Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
“The richness of this book’s suggestions for strategic vocabulary learning is based on Wang’s holistic analysis of authentic on-campus and off-campus problems encountered by six Chinese students in the UK. By mixing research methods and emphasising the dynamic nature and complexity of individual vocabulary learning situations, Wang’s book hits the pulse of our time.” (Carmen M. Amerstorfer, Director of the School of Education and Senior Scientist at the Department of English, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)
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Book Title: Learning Vocabulary Strategically in a Study Abroad Context
Authors: Isobel Kai-Hui Wang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65963-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65962-6Published: 04 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88139-3Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65963-3Published: 16 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 294
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Lexicology/Vocabulary, Multilingualism, English, Syntax, Semantics