Understanding Learning Styles in the Second Language Classroom

Tables and Figures Preface Joy Reid Theory and Practice Chapter 1 An Introduction to Multiple Intelligence Theory and Second Language Learning Mary Ann Christison, SnowCollege Chapter 2 Teachers as Perceptual Learning Styles Researchers Joy Reid, Universityof Wyoming Chapter 3 The Triune Brain and Learning:Practice Insight for the Classroom Emma Violand-Sanchez, Arlington(Virginia) Public Schools Chapter 4 Learning Style Diversity and the Reading Class: Curriculum Design and Assessment Marian Tyacke, Universityof Toronto Chapter 5 Computers and Collaboration: Adapting CALL Materials to Different Learning Styles Ken Keobke, CityUniversityof Hong Kong Chapter 6 Learning Styles and Strategies of a Partially Bilingual Student Diagnosed as Learning Disabled: A Case Study Rebecca Oxford, Universityof Alabama Christine Nam, Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity Chapter 7 Filed Independence, Field Dependence, and Field Sensitivity in Another Light Madeline E. Ehrmam, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Virginia Practice and Theory Chapter 8 Keep the Fire in Me: Teaching Advanced ESL Learners Through Their Learning Styles Prem Ramburuth, Universityof New South Wales Chapter 9 Bridging the Gap Between Teaching Styles and Learning Styles Maria Hsueh-yu Cheng, ChineseMilitaryAcademy, R.O.C. Kingsley Banya, FloridaInternationalUniversity Chapter 10 Designing ESL Classroom Collaboration to Accommodate Diverse Work Styles Kate Kinsella, San FranciscoStateUniversity Kathy Sherak, San FranciscoStateUniversity Chapter 11 Developing a Survey for Multiple Intelligences: A Collaborative ESL Class Project Chris Sauer, Divine World College Chapter 12 Teaching Modals to Multistyle Learners Barbara Harthill, University of Denver Connie Busch, University of Denver Chapter 13 Transforming Text Through Graphic Responses Roberta Vann, Iowa State University Chapter 14 Adult Learning Styles and Individual Writing Processes in the ESL/EFL Composition Classroom Kristina Torkelson Gray, Northern Virginia Community College Chapter 15 Expanding the Learning Styles of Japanese Analytic Learners Jerry Call, Divine State College Chapter 16 Encouraging Learner Independence David Nunan, The English Centre, The University of Hong Kong Appendices Appendix 1 Multiple Intelligence Inventory for Teachers Mary Ann Christison Appendix 2 Student-Generated Inventory for Secondary and Young Adult Learners Mary Ann Christison Appendix 3 Perceptual Learning Style Preference Survey Joy Reid Appendix 4 The Tyacke Profile Marian Tyacke Appendix 5 Motivation and Strategies Questionnaire Madeline E. Ehrman Appendix 6 Academic Work Style Survey Kate Kinsella Appendix 7 Instructor Self-Assesment Form: Group Work Design and Implementation Kate Kinsella Appendix 8 Style Analysis Survey (SAS): Assessing Your Own Learning and Working Styles Rebecca L. Oxford Contributors References