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ERIC Number: EJ669709
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1028-4435
Helping Learners Come of Age: Learner Autonomy in a Caribbean Context.
Carter, Beverly-Anne
Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, v7 n2 p20-38 Dec 2002
Explores conception of foreign language learning of a group of 28 university students in the Caribbean. Data were drawn from learner journals kept during an undergraduate French program at a local university. Looks at the metaphors used by the learners in their autobiographical accounts of their language learning. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, French, Higher Education, Journal Writing, Metaphors, Personal Narratives, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caribbean
Note: Special issue: The Experience of Language Learning.