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Data Collection Vincent’s books Websites about Vincent Face-to-face interview Questionnaires Data Analysis Attitude Visual and auditory Personality, motivation Learner preferences Learner’s belief Methods

In Zheng-zhi elementary- starting to learn English in a small tutor class In Wan-fang junior high- having the first speech experience but failed it In Cheng-gong senior high- Accumulating speech experiences & having the chance to teach in class

In Zheng-zhi university- Because of the high score in English in Joint Entrance University Examination, he was admitted in the Japanese Department and then transferred to the English Department. In Fu-ren graduate school- Top 1 of the list

 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.

 He turned the negative motivation into positive motivation in English learning.

 Learning languages is to learn an attitude.  Remind yourself that you are in a learning mode, and nothing is impossible. You need to harbor this kind of attitude.

Visual - Reading “Time Express”, “Time for Students”, “EZ Talk”, and “The Economist.” - Jotting down whatever he reads in English Auditory - Watching films and movies

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.

 Imitation - imitating is the basic step of learning English.  Practice - creating the opportunity to use English instead of waiting for the opportunity.  Feedback - each error is another time to improve English.  Habit formation - English is everywhere in the daily life.

 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 to have a conversation. Through conversations he tries to learn everything he wants. ---zone of proximal development (ZPD)

 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.

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.

 Interactional modification makes input comprehensible  Comprehensible input promotes acquisition  Interactional modification promotes acquisition

 Input hypothesis  Monitor hypothesis  Affective filter hypothesis  Attention-processing (noticing) model Krashen’s Hypothesis

He thinks that reading is very important in language learning process. Reading can help to increase learners’ knowledge.

 It is a myth that you can learn English well just by listening to radio.  To improve your own ability is important.

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