This is the ppp on which G. Carloni's (Unviversity of Urbino) presentation at the EDEN 2008 conference in Lisbon was based on.

1. LEARNING STYLES AND COMMUNITY SHAPING: NEWCOMERS AND I TALIAN AS A S ECOND L ANGUAGE ( ISL ) IN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Giovanna Carloni University of Urbino, Italy

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32. B. Leaver, M. Ehrman, B. Shekhtman (2005). Achieving Success in Second Language Acquisition . Cambridge: CUP Disassembling wholes into pieces Analytic Assembling pieces into wholes Synthetic Preferring materials to be pre-organized Sequential Preferring to self-organize materials Random Noticing differences Sharpening Noticing similarities Levelling Learning rules, then understanding examples Deductive Understanding rules from examining examples Inductive Reflection following thought Reflective Simultaneous thought and reaction Impulsive Oriented toward details Particular Oriented toward the big picture Global Lack of osmosis in learning Field insensitive Learning through osmosis Field sensitive Contextualized learning Field dependent Decontextualized learning Field independent Learning through ideas and books Abstract Hands-on learning Concrete Literal and factual learning Digital Learning through metaphor Analogue Ectenic learning Atomistic process Conscious control Synoptic learning Holistic process Intuition, subconscious control