Cynthia White

Cynthia White
Alma mater	Massey University
Scientific career
Institutions	University of New England, Massey University, Victoria University of Wellington
Thesis	Metacognitive, cognitive, social and affective strategy use in foreign language learning : a comparative study  (1993)

Cynthia Joan White (born 1956) is a New Zealand applied linguistics academic.

Academic career

After an undergraduate at Victoria University of Wellington, White earned her PhD entitled 'Metacognitive, cognitive, social and affective strategy use in foreign language learning: a comparative study' from Massey University, while working there. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of New England in Australia.

Selected publications

• White, Cynthia. Language learning in distance education. Ernst Klett Sprachen, 2003.
• White, Cynthia. "Expectations and emergent beliefs of self-instructed language learners." System 27, no. 4 (1999): 443–457.
• White, Cynthia. "Autonomy and strategy use in distance foreign language learning: Research findings." System 23, no. 2 (1995): 207–221.
• White, Cynthia. "Distance learning of foreign languages." Language Teaching 39, no. 4 (2006): 247–264.
• White, Cynthia. The Emergence of Christianity: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective, Fortress Press, 2010, XVI, 220 p. OCLC 1056616571

External links

• Cynthia White on LinkedIn
• institutional homepage