The Learner and the Learning Environment: Section Introduction

Abstract

Contributors in this section demonstrate their understanding of learners and learning context in relation to developments in English language teaching. Chapters focus on young and adolescent language learners as well as the various responses that language learners may have in the learning process, including resistance to the instruction of pragmatic norms, learning engagement, autonomous learning, and strategy use. Issues of imagined community and identity have been highlighted in connection with learning English in a multilingual world. Contributors in this section also discuss how to use motivational strategies, coordinated classroom interaction, and technology to make the learning environment more conducive to learning.