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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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Negotiating Identity tensions in multilingual learning in China: a situated perspective on language learning motivation and multilingual identity
TL;DR: The Multilingual Turn: Implications for SLA, TESOL, and Bilingual Education as discussed by the authors is an example of the multilingual turn in SLA and it has been used extensively in bilingual education.
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Identity work in the academic writing classroom: where gender meets social class
TL;DR: The authors examine how non traditional male undergraduate students from linguistic minorities perform gender on an academic writing program and what this tells us about the significance of gender for the teaching of academic writing in the contemporary academy.
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“So That Everybody Starts at the Same Line”: Exploring International English Language Learners’ Perceptions of Learning English and Studying in Canadian Universities
TL;DR: This study explores international English language learners' perceptions of learning English and studying in Canada as they transition from English language programs to post-secondary studies and examines how learning English impacts international students' identities and how they position themselves in relation to native- English speakers and non-English speakers.
Interlanguage pragmatics in Russian: the speech act of request in email
TL;DR: The present study broadens current research by examining requests written by native and nonnative speakers of Russian, and as a relatively new means of communication, the sociolinguistic dynamics of email is not adequately understood.
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Jeanne Lave,Etienne Wenger +1 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice is not confined to midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, non-drinking alcoholics and the like.
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Location of Culture
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TL;DR: The Second Edition of Bourdieu's Theory of Symbolic VIOLENCE as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays about the foundation of a theory of symbolic violence and its application in higher education.