Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive volume explores the widespread issues involved in the study of individual learner differences in a variety of settings.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and index.
Table of Contents
Cultural differences in learning styles / Gayle L. Nelson -- Difficulties with cross-cultural learning-styles assessment / Patricia A. Eliason -- Gender differences in language learning styles : what do they mean? / Rebecca L. Oxford -- Cognitive and learning styles of high school students : implications for ESL curriculum development / Emma Violand-Sâanchez -- Drawing out communication : student-created visuals as a means for promoting language development in adult ESL classrooms / Sharron Bassano and Mary Ann Christison -- Meeting language learners' sensory-learning-style preferences / Nancy Kroonenberg -- Tolerance of ambiguity and the teaching of ESL / Christopher M. Ely.