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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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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper presents a combination of social theory, statistical data, illustrations, and interviews, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judg..., which is a collection of interviews with Bourdieu.
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (review)
TL;DR: Chung et al. as discussed by the authors present a history and theory reader of the New Media/Old Media: A History and Theory Reader, focusing on early film history and multi-media.
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A Transdisciplinary Framework for SLA in a Multilingual World
Dwight Atkinson,Heidi Byrnes,M. Doran,Patricia A. Duff,Nick C. Ellis,J. K. Hall,Karen E. Johnson,James P. Lantolf,Diane Larsen-Freeman,E. Negueruela,Bonny Norton,Lourdes Ortega,John H. Schumann,Merrill Swain,Elaine Tarone +14 more
TL;DR: The field of second language acquisition (SLA) seeks to understand the processes by which school-aged children, adolescents, and adults learn and use, at any point in life, an additional language, including second, foreign, as discussed by the authors.
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Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied Linguistics
Ron Darvin,Bonny Norton +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive model of investment, which occurs at the intersection of identity, ideology, and capital, is proposed to address the needs of learners who navigate their way through online and offline contexts.
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Language as Symbolic Power
TL;DR: The power of symbolic representation, symbolic action and the power to create symbolic reality is discussed in this paper, where a broad range of existing work by philosophers, sociolinguists, sociologists and applied linguists is presented.
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Race And TESOL: Introduction to Concepts and Theories
Ryuko Kubota,Angel M. Y. Lin +1 more
TL;DR: The authors survey key concepts and theories defined and debated in various fields, including race, ethnicity, culture, racialization, racism, critical race theory, and critical white studies, to provide a foundation for future explorations.
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Paths to Post-Nationalism: A Critical Ethnography of Language and Identity
TL;DR: In this article, sociolinguistics as social practice and postnationalism as a post-nationalism problem are discussed in the context of French-Canadians. But the focus of the paper is on postnationalisms.
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Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning: Subversive identities, pedagogical safe houses, and critical learning
TL;DR: The practice of reserving something of oneself from the cluttered clutch of an institution is not an incidental mechanism of defence but rather an essential constitution of the self as discussed by the authors, and this recalcitrance is not only a defence mechanism but also an essential property of the individual.
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Race and the Identity of the Nonnative ESL Teacher
TL;DR: The authors found that some ESL students assume that there is a connection between race and language ability, and they interviewed five visible-minority female teachers who were at that time teaching or had taught a class of male and female adult ESL students from different racial, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.