Second Language Identities
1st Edition
Published on 11. September 2014
240 pages
978-1-4725-7102-1 (ISBN)
Description
Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall.
It then examines how in early SLA research focussing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to centre stage. Moving to the present, the book then examines in detail and critiques recent research focussing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: (1) adult migration, (2) foreign language classrooms and (3) study abroad programmes. The book concludes with suggestions for future research focussing on identity in second language learning.
It then examines how in early SLA research focussing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to centre stage. Moving to the present, the book then examines in detail and critiques recent research focussing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: (1) adult migration, (2) foreign language classrooms and (3) study abroad programmes. The book concludes with suggestions for future research focussing on identity in second language learning.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-7102-1 (9781472571021)
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David Block
Second Language Identities
Book
07/2014
Bloomsbury Academic
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Person
David Block is ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Lleida, Spain
Content
Introduction
1. Identity in the social sciences today
2. Waking the dead: Identity in early second language learning research
3. Identity in adult migrant contexts
4. Identity in foreign language contexts
5. Identity in study abroad contexts
6. Second language identities: the state of play and future directions.
1. Identity in the social sciences today
2. Waking the dead: Identity in early second language learning research
3. Identity in adult migrant contexts
4. Identity in foreign language contexts
5. Identity in study abroad contexts
6. Second language identities: the state of play and future directions.
