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Identity and Language Learning: Extending the Conversation
Bonny Norton,Claire Kramsch +1 more
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In this paper, Kramsch et al. discuss the world of adult immigrant language learners and claim the right to speak in classrooms and communities in order to learn second language acquisition theory revisited.Abstract:
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 by Claire Kramschread more
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Identity, investment and language learning strategies of two Syrian students in Syria and Britain
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Second Language Speech Fluency: From Research to Practice
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Affective Disruptions of the Immigrant Experience: Becomings in Official Language Education Research in Canada
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