LEADER 03899nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910456556203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84769-391-1 010 $a1-282-65708-9 010 $a9786612657085 010 $a1-84769-245-1 024 7 $a10.21832/9781847692450 035 $a(CKB)2520000000009532 035 $a(EBL)543901 035 $a(OCoLC)609423938 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000428930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12130263 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10424193 035 $a(PQKB)10805761 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC543901 035 $a(DE-B1597)513628 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847692450 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL543901 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370017 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265708 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000009532 100 $a20091218d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrategic language learning$b[electronic resource] $ethe roles of agency and context /$fXuesong (Andy) Gao 210 $aBristol ;$aBuffalo $cMultilingual Matters$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 225 0 $aSecond language acquisition ;$v49 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84769-243-5 311 $a1-84769-244-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures and Tables -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tChapter 1. Introduction -- $tChapter 2. Towards a Sociocultural Perspective on Strategic Learning -- $tChapter 3. Mainland Chinese Students? Migration to Hong Kong -- $tChapter 4. On the Chinese Mainland -- $tChapter 5. Learning English in Hong Kong -- $tChapter 6. Four Case Studies -- $tChapter 7. Agency and Context in Strategic Learning -- $tAppendix 1: Interview Guide for the Arriving Mainland Chinese Undergraduates -- $tAppendix 2: The Exit Interview Guide for Mainland Chinese Undergraduates -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThis monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates? language learning experiences in an English medium university in a multilingual setting with a focus on their strategic language learning efforts. This book examines the issue as to what extent language learners? strategic learning efforts depend on their ?choice?, if ?the element of choice? is the defining characteristic of language learners? strategic learning behaviour. The inquiry, using a qualitative and ethnographic research approach, reveals dynamic interaction between learners? agency and contextual conditions underlying the participants? strategic learning process. Such understanding informs pedagogical efforts to foster individual learners? capacity for strategic learning and their capacities in opening up and sustaining a social learning space for exercising their strategic learning capacity or utilizing their strategic learning knowledge. 410 0$aSecond language acquisition. 606 $aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$xChinese speakers 606 $aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$zChina 606 $aSecond language acquisition$xMethodology 606 $aEnglish language$xAcquisition$xMethodology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$xChinese speakers. 615 0$aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching (Higher) 615 0$aSecond language acquisition$xMethodology. 615 0$aEnglish language$xAcquisition$xMethodology. 676 $a420.71/151 700 $aGao$b Xuesong$01046225 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456556203321 996 $aStrategic language learning$92472985 997 $aUNINA