The Social Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners. Second Language Acquisition

Autor/in	Andrew, Patricia
Titel	The Social Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners. Second Language Acquisition
Quelle	(2012), (200 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-8476-9614-4
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Age; Sociolinguistics; Second Languages; Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Self Concept; Cultural Awareness; Social Influences; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Second Language Instruction; Linguistic Theory; Case Studies; Research Methodology; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Alter; Lebensalter; Soziolinguistik; Second language; Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Selbstkonzept; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Linguistische Theorie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Mexiko
Abstract	This book explores the social construction of age in the context of EFL in Mexico. It is the first book to address the age factor in SLA from a social perspective. Based on research carried out at a public university in Mexico, it investigates how adults of different ages experience learning a new language and how they enact their age identities as language learners. By approaching the topic from a social constructionist perspective and in light of recent work in sociolinguistics and cultural studies, it broadens the current second language acquisition focus on age as a fixed biological or chronological variable to encompass its social dimensions. What emerges is a more complex and nuanced understanding of age as it intersects with language learning in a way that links it fundamentally to other social phenomena, such as gender, ethnicity and social class. This book is divided into two parts: Part 1: Framing Age as Socially Constructed; and Part 2: The Social Construction of Age in Mexico. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10