Vincent (1)
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Data Collection
Vincent’s books
Websites about Vincent
Face-to-face interview
Questionnaires
Data Analysis
Attitude
Visual and auditory
Personali ty, motivation
Learner preferences
Learner’s belief
Methods
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• In Zheng-zhi elementary- starting to learnEnglish in a small tutor class
• In Wan-fang junior high- having the firstspeech experience but failed it
• In Cheng-gong senior high- Accumulatingspeech experiences & having the chance toteach in class
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• In Zheng-zhi university-
Because of the high score in English in Joint
Entrance University Examination, he wasadmitted in the Japanese Department and then
transferred to the English Department.
• In Fu-ren graduate school- Top 1 of
the list
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Introversion & Extroversion - He changed himself from introversion to
extroversion step by step.
Risk-taking- Making mistake was humiliating for him.
Self-esteem
- He has indomitable spirit to face the difficulty.
Anxiety
- He feels nervous in some situations.
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He turned the negative motivation into
positive motivation in English learning.
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Learning languages is to learn anattitude.
Remind yourself that you are in alearning mode, and nothing is impossible.You need to harbor this kind of attitude.
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• Visual
- R eading “Time Express”, “Time for Students”,
“EZ Talk”, and “The Economist.”
- Jotting down whatever he reads in English
• Auditory
- Watching films and movies
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• Field-dependence
-Can you see “fly?”
Vincent saw two faces were talking.
• Reflective
-Speaking is the most difficult and stressful part
among listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• Left or right brain dominance
-He is not particular dominant on left or right
brain.
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Imitation- imitating is the basic step of learning
English.
Practice- creating the opportunity to use Englishinstead of waiting for the opportunity.
Feedback - each error is another time to improve
English.
Habit formation- English is everywhere in the
daily life.
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Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory
1. Language development takes place in the social
interactions between individuals. SLA takes place through conversational activities.
2.Interaction- He always grabs the chance to talk with
foreigners and he always tries to find a foreigner tohave a conversation. Through conversations he tries
to learn everything he wants.
---zone of proximal development (ZPD)
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Research shows that native speakers consistently
modify their speeches in sustained conversation
with non-native speakers.
Modified interaction involves linguistic
simplifications and conversational modifications-as a necessary mechanism for the L2 acquisition.
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An example- He ate dinner with an English,
during the conversation he made a mistake
put …down to (將...歸咎於...上)
He said put ….down on, then the English native
speaker corrected him immediately.
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Interactional modification makes input
comprehensible
Comprehensible input promotes acquisition
Interactional modification promotesacquisition
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Input hypothesis
Monitor hypothesis
Affective filter hypothesis
Attention-processing (noticing) model
Krashen’s
Hypothesis
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He thinks that reading is very important in
language learning process. Reading canhelp to increase learners’ knowledge.
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It is a myth that you can learn English
well just by listening to radio.
To improve your own ability is important.