Portraits of second language learners : an L2 learner agency perspective / Chie Muramatsu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muramatsu, Chie, 1971- author.

Series:

Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 122.

Second language acquisition ; 122

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition--Case studies.

Second language acquisition.

Japanese language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Case studies.

Japanese language.

Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.

Socialization--Case studies.

Socialization.

Japanese language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Multilingual education.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2018]

Language Note:

Excepts of conversations and interviews in parallel Japanese and English.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Second language socialization, community, and L2 learner agency

Community

Parker : lost opportunities, reconnection, and transforming

Alison : shame, resistance, and overcoming

Naiya : separation, resistance, and accomplishing

Danielle : identities, ambivalence, and becoming.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781783099870

1783099879

OCLC:

1015245322