MonographDOI
Identity and Language Learning: Extending the Conversation
Bonny Norton,Claire Kramsch +1 more
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
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
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Book
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.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Picking One's Battles: NNES Doctoral Students' Imagined Communities and Selections of Investment
TL;DR: This paper examined how the academic/professional backgrounds and aspirations of two NES doctoral students have affected their selections in learning investment in the present academic community, and demonstrated that their academic paths are individualized by their trajectories before, during, and after their doctoral studies.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Traffic in Meaning
TL;DR: This article made the point that it is not enough for Americans to learn foreign languages; they must also understand that speaking a language other than English is an opportunity to see things from a different perspective.
Journal ArticleDOI
Multimodality and English education in Ugandan schools
TL;DR: In this paper, MULTIMODALITY and ENGLISH EDUCATION in UGANDAN SCHOOLS is discussed in the context of English Studies in Africa: Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 95-114.