Learners' Stories

This volume is a collection of nine original papers exploring dimensions of individual difference in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. This volume is a collection of nine original papers exploring dimensions of individual difference in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. Topics covered include motivation emotion age learning strategies and beliefs identity and the influence of classroom distance and self-instructional settings. The authors use a variety of research methods to investigate learners'' experiences of these aspects of the learning process. Among the countries represented in the research are Australia Bahrain China Japan Taiwan Thailand New Zealand Peru the United Kingdom and the United States. The studies will be of interest to teachers teachers-in-preparation teacher educators and researchers.