Learners' stories : difference and diversity in language learning / edited by Phil Benson and David Nunan.

Includes bibliographical references : (p. 157-172) and index.

(Auto)biography and learner diversity--Affect in lifelong learning: Exploring L2 motivation as a dynamic process--Emotion processes in second language acquisition--Is there language acquisition after 40? Older learners speak up--An Arabic-speaking English learner's path to autonomy through reading--Learners' constructions of identities and imagined communities--It's just rules . . . that's all it is at this stage . . .--Accommodation zone: Two learner's struggles to cope with a distance learning English course--Learning a second language with broadcast materials at home: Japanese students' long-term experiences.