Portraits of Second Language Learners (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2019

1788923790 / 9781788923798

Series: Book 131 of 188 - Second Language Acquisition

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Paperback. Using second language (L2) socialization theory as a theoretical framework, this book investigates the ways in which four advanced learners of Japanese on an immersion program in the USA exercise their agency to pursue their language learning goals. The work presents their learner portraits and documents the different ways in which the four learners negotiate the meaning of their participations in the new community of practice, navigate and shape the trajectories of their learning and eventually achieve their goals of learning from their emic perspectives. The book re-examines Norton's (2000) constructs of investment, investigates its applicability and argues that L2 learners' desires and drives for learning an L2 are more diverse, unique and contextually situated than Norton's notion of investment alone can explain. The research will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, foreign language education and language and literacy education. Using L2 socialization theory as a theoretical framework, this book investigates the ways in which four learners of Japanese exercise their agency to pursue their learning goals and documents how the diverse ways in which they do so form different trajectories of learning and create different experiences of L2 socialization. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title
Portraits of Second Language Learners (Paperback)
Author
Chie Muramatsu
Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Publication year
2019
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1788923790
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9781788923798
Series
Book 131 of 188: Second Language Acquisition

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