Identity and Language Learning Extending the Conversation

Identity and Language Learning draws on a longitudinal case study of immigrant women in Canada to develop new ideas about identity, investment, and imagined communities in the field of language learning and teaching. Bonny Norton demonstrates that a poststructuralist conception of identity as multip...

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Main Author: Norton, Bonny
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol Channel View Publications 04.10.2013
Multilingual Matters
Edition:2
Subjects:
Education
EDUCATION / General
Language & Literature
Language and languages
Language and languages > Study and teaching
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
Second language acquisition
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Sociology
Study and teaching
ISBN:1783090545, 9781783090549, 9781783090556, 1783090553
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1: Fact and Fiction in Language Learning 2: Researching Identity and Language Learning 3: The World of Adult Immigrant Language Learners 4: Eva and Mai: 5: Mothers, Migration and Language Learning 6: Second Language Acquisition Theory Revisited 7: Claiming the Right to Speak in Classrooms and Communities Afterword: References Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Fact and Fiction in Language Learning -- 2 Researching Identity and Language Learning -- 3 The World of Adult Immigrant Language Learners -- 4 Eva and Mai: Old Heads on Young Shoulders -- 5 Mothers, Migration and Language Learning -- 6 Second Language Acquisition Theory Revisited -- 7 Claiming the Right to Speak in Classrooms and Communities -- Afterword -- References -- Index
  • References --
  • Claire Kramsch --
  • Contents --
  • 1 Fact and Fiction in Language Learning --
  • Afterword
  • Preface --
  • 2 Researching Identity and Language Learning --
  • Index
  • 3 The World of Adult Immigrant Language Learners --
  • 4 Eva and Mai: Old Heads on Young Shoulders --
  • 7 Claiming the Right to Speak in Classrooms and Communities --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 5 Mothers, Migration and Language Learning --
  • 6 Second Language Acquisition Theory Revisited --
  • Introduction --