Identity Trajectories Of Adult Second Language Learners
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Identity Trajectories Of Adult Second Language Learners
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Author : Cristiana Palmieri
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2018-12-07
Identity Trajectories Of Adult Second Language Learners written by Cristiana Palmieri and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-07 with Psychology categories.
This book explores the motivations of adult second language (L2) learners to learn Italian in continuing education settings in Australia. It focuses on their motivational drives, learning trajectories and related dynamics of identity development triggered by the learning process. Central to the study are adult L2 learners, who are still a largely under-researched and growing group of learners, and readers will gain a better understanding of the learning process of this specific group of learners and ideas for sustaining L2 adult learning motivation in continuing education settings. Furthermore, the book discusses the role played by the Italian migrant community in Australia in making Italian a sought-after language to learn. It explores how a migrant community may influence motivation, and highlights and expands on the notion of L2 learning contexts, showing the existence of sociocultural environments where second language learning trajectories are affected by the presence of migrant groups.
The Social Construction Of Age
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Author : Patricia Andrew
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2012-01-11
The Social Construction Of Age written by Patricia Andrew and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book explores the social construction of age in the context of EFL in Mexico. It is the first book to address the age factor in SLA from a social perspective. Based on research carried out at a public university in Mexico, it investigates how adults of different ages experience learning a new language and how they enact their age identities as language learners. By approaching the topic from a social constructionist perspective and in light of recent work in sociolinguistics and cultural studies, it broadens the current second language acquisition focus on age as a fixed biological or chronological variable to encompass its social dimensions. What emerges is a more complex and nuanced understanding of age as it intersects with language learning in a way that links it fundamentally to other social phenomena, such as gender, ethnicity and social class.
Second Language Identities
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Author : David Block
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-11
Second Language Identities written by David Block and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Adult Minority Language Learning
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Author : Colin J. Flynn
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2020-03-20
Adult Minority Language Learning written by Colin J. Flynn and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-20 with Education categories.
This book examines the role of affective variables in the process of learning a minority language. It presents a comprehensive account of how adult learners’ attitude, motivation and identity are related to their awareness of, and commitment to, different dialects and varieties as target speech models. These issues are examined in the context of Irish, a minority language which does not have a standard spoken variety and where the vast majority of learners have no regular contact with native speakers. Using a mixed methods research approach, this study explores the relationships that exist between, on the one hand, learners’ attitudes towards the three main traditional dialects of Irish and non-traditional second language varieties, and on the other, their motivation and self-concept as second language learners.
Learning Trajectories Violence And Empowerment Amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners
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Author : Vicky Duckworth
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-20
Learning Trajectories Violence And Empowerment Amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners written by Vicky Duckworth and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-20 with Education categories.
Learning Trajectories, Violence and Empowerment amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners offers deep insights into the lives of marginalised communities and the link between learning, literacy and violence, not previously carried out in-depth in a small scale study. It breaks the negative stereo-types of adults who struggle to read and write, who are often labelled and stigmatised by dominant discourses, and in doing so exposes why and how Basic Skills Learners often find themselves in marginal positions. The structural inequalities many face from childhood to adulthood across the private and public domains of their lives are revealed and probed, thus challenging neo-liberalism claims of an apparently egalitarian social field. The learners’ narratives expose the contradiction, complexities and ambivalences they experience in their daily lives, and how they try to make sense of them from their structural positioning as basic skills learners in a society based on inequality of opportunity and choice. Applying a feminist, qualitative, longitudinal, ethnographic and participatory approach, the book offers a critical perspective, drawing on Bourdieu’s work as the theoretical framework, as well as using a range of feminist, sociologists of education, literature on the ethics of care and critical literacy pedagogy, including the New Literacy Studies. The author’s personal position as an ’insider’ with ‘insider knowledge’ of marginalised communities is also woven throughout the chapters and offers insights into the struggles, conformity and resistance faced by the participants in the study. The book contributes to the debate on the impact of violence on learning and its link to class, gender and basic skills as well opening up a discussion on the power of a critical curriculum to empower people across the domains of their lives. It will be valuable reading for trainee teachers, teachers, education and sociology students, postgraduate students, as well as literacy specialists, researchers, academics, policy makers and managers of public services.
Portraits Of Second Language Learners
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Author : Chie Muramatsu
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2018-05-25
Portraits Of Second Language Learners written by Chie Muramatsu and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Using second language (L2) socialization theory as a theoretical framework, this book investigates the ways in which four advanced learners of Japanese on an immersion program in the USA exercise their agency to pursue their language learning goals. The work presents their learner portraits and documents the different ways in which the four learners negotiate the meaning of their participations in the new community of practice, navigate and shape the trajectories of their learning and eventually achieve their goals of learning from their emic perspectives. The book re-examines Norton’s (2000) constructs of investment, investigates its applicability and argues that L2 learners’ desires and drives for learning an L2 are more diverse, unique and contextually situated than Norton’s notion of investment alone can explain. The research will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, foreign language education and language and literacy education.
Fossilization In Adult Second Language Acquisition
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Author : ZhaoHong Han
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2004-03-16
Fossilization In Adult Second Language Acquisition written by ZhaoHong Han and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is a systematic attempt to address the issue of fossilization in relation to a fundamental question in second language acquisition research, which is: why are learners, adults in particular, unable to develop the level of competence they have aspired to in spite of continuous and sustained exposure to the target language, adequate motivation to learn, and sufficient opportunity to practice?
Italy And Australia
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Author : Gabriele Abbondanza
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-30
Italy And Australia written by Gabriele Abbondanza and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-30 with Political Science categories.
This book offers a novel and comprehensive reappraisal of current relations between Italy and Australia. For the first time, it expands the scope of analysis by encompassing and critically reviewing research avenues that have been understudied so far. In order to pursue this objective, it provides innovative analyses on bilateral history, reciprocal migration, socio-cultural ties, international relations and trade, comparative politics, and scientific cooperation. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book makes a significant contribution to multiple disciplinary literatures, benefitting social science scholars, policymakers, and professionals working in a number of fields. Mindful of the wide scope and multidisciplinary nature of this innovative research, the editors oversee a careful balance of different theories, methodologies, sources, and data, in accordance with the conventions of each discipline employed in this volume. As a result, this book encourages a broader and more nuanced understanding of Italian-Australian relations in the 21st century.
Adult Minority Language Learning
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Author : Colin J. Flynn
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Release Date : 2020
Adult Minority Language Learning written by Colin J. Flynn and has been published by Multilingual Matters Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Education categories.
This book examines the role of attitude, motivation and identity in the process of learning a minority language. It presents mixed-method empirical research which investigates how attitude, motivation and identity in adult learners of a minority language are related to their awareness of, and commitment to, different dialects and varieties of the language as learning targets. Specifically, it is concerned with the attitudes of adult learners of Irish towards acquiring various traditional (Gaeltacht) and non-traditional (second language) varieties of the language. It explores the relationships that exist between these attitudes towards varieties and learners' motivation and self-concept as second language speakers.
Gendered Identities And Immigrant Language Learning
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Author : Assist. Prof. Julia Menard-Warwick
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2009-10-29
Gendered Identities And Immigrant Language Learning written by Assist. Prof. Julia Menard-Warwick and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Based on participant observation in a California English as a Second Language family literacy program, this ethnographic study examines how the complexly gendered life histories of immigrant adults shaped their participation in both the English language classroom and the education of their children, within the contemporary sociohistorical context of increasing Latin American immigration to the United States. Through outlining the connections between (gendered) identity work and language learning, this study builds theoretical and empirical justification for teachers to negotiate classroom practice with each community of learners, responding to students’ individual goals, histories, and lives outside the classroom.