LEADER 03226nam 22004453 450 001 9911008444203321 005 20230629231756.0 010 $a9781800414341$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7110185 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7110185 035 $a(CKB)25116254000041 035 $a(Exl-AI)7110185 035 $a(OCoLC)1348482688 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925116254000041 100 $a20221016d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStories from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBristol :$cMultilingual Matters,$d2022. 210 4$d©2023. 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Mentzelopoulos, Katarina Stories from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency Bristol : Multilingual Matters,c2022 327 $aIntro -- DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/MENTZE4334e -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 A Unique Bond -- Joy: A Sense of Home -- Judith: All Roads Lead to Norway -- Kerry: L'amore della Lingua -- Heidrun: A Cultural Craving -- 2 Escaping the Everyday -- Amelia: Creator of Opportunity -- Sarah: Sehnsucht - A Longing for the International -- Capucine: A Safe Space -- Kristin: Finding Another World -- 3 A New Generation -- Carl: An Electronic Take on Immersion -- William: A Competitive Streak -- Samuli: A Knack for Languages -- Ira: One Foot in Front of the Other -- 4 An Ear for Languages -- Colin: The Imitation Game -- Uwe: Following the Light -- Kristopher: The Listener -- Peng: Enriched Aesthetics -- Denny: The Journey to Intimacy -- 5 The Desire to Blend In -- Timur: Diving Down the Rabbit Hole -- Lesley: Challenge Accepted -- Ranko: Linguistic Gateways -- Marjan: Confidence is Everything -- 6 Shifting Identities -- Livia: The Road to Acceptance -- Lou: A New Persona -- Shinhye: Finding Empowerment through English -- Rianne: An International Orientation -- 7 Success Breeds Success -- Sara: A Series of Challenges -- Lisa: Knowing It Can Be Done -- Hanna: Part of Your Everyday Life -- Thamarasie: A Linguistic Tool -- Theresa: Interest and Osmosis -- Concluding Remarks -- Index -- Discount on companion volume Lessons From Exceptional Language Learners. 330 $aThis book recounts the fascinating stories of 30 language learners who triumphed against all odds to achieve nativelike proficiency, opening a narrative window into their learning experiences. This rich corpus of success stories will appeal to language learners and researchers as a motivational primer for their own studies. 606 $aSecond language acquisition$7Generated by AI 606 $aLanguage acquisition$7Generated by AI 615 0$aSecond language acquisition 615 0$aLanguage acquisition 700 $aMentzelopoulos$b Katarina$01828095 701 $aDörnyei$b Zoltán$0478420 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9911008444203321 996 $aStories from Exceptional Language Learners Who Have Achieved Nativelike Proficiency$94396192 997 $aUNINA