"I Had a Stereotype that American Were Fat": Becoming a Speaker of Culture in a Second Language

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, Hanh Thi; Kellogg, Guy
Titel	"I Had a Stereotype that American Were Fat": Becoming a Speaker of Culture in a Second Language
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 94 (2010) 1, S.56-73 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
Schlagwörter	Writing Assignments; Stereotypes; Second Language Learning; Discourse Analysis; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Socialization; Second Language Instruction; Experiential Learning; Ethnography; Cultural Awareness; Computer Mediated Communication; Learning Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klischee; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Diskursanalyse; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ethnografie; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Computerkonferenz; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	This article examines how adult learners were socialized by one another in the context of content materials in conjunction with the teacher's participation. Based on the premise that second language learning is experiential and emergent and using discourse analysis of students' asynchronous electronic postings and writing assignments together with ethnographic observations, we traced the students' evolving understandings of a culturally rich word, "stereotype", over the course of one semester. We first looked at how the students understood the meaning of "stereotype" in early discussions, then at how these initial understandings changed as the students engaged in social activities in which their stances and identities became relevant, and finally at how these changes were exhibited in later discussions and written essays. Our analysis demonstrates concretely that learning a second language involves the acquisition not only of linguistic forms but also ways of thinking and behaving in new communities of practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10