Social identities and multiple selves in foreign language education / Edited by Damian J. Rivers and Stephanie Ann Houghton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houghton, Stephanie, 1969- editor.

Rivers, Damian J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Within foreign language education contexts across the globe, inadequate attention has been paid to documenting the dynamics of identity development, negotiation and management. This book looks at these dynamics in specific relation to otherness, in addition to attitudinal and behavioural overtones created through use of the term 'foreign' (despite its position as an integral marker in language acquisition discourse). This book argues that individual identities are multidimensional constructs that gravitate around a hub of intricate social networks of multimodal intergroup interaction. The chapters pursue a collective desire to move the notion of identity away from theoretical abstraction and toward the lived experiences of foreign language teachers and students. While the identities entangled with these interactions owe a significant measure of their existence to the immediate social context, they can also be actively developed by their holders. The collection of chapters within this book demonstrate how foreign language education environments (traditional and non-traditional) are ideal locations for the development of a sophisticated repertoire of discursive strategies used in the formulation, navigation, expression and management of social identities and multiple selves."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Institutional and Beyond: On the Identity Displays of Foreign Language Teachers / Jose Aguilar

2.Implications for Identity: Inhabiting the 'Native-Speaker' English Teacher Location in the Japanese Sociocultural Context / Damian J. Rivers

3.Professional Identities Shaped by Resistance to Target Language Only Policies Brian / A. McMillan

4.Language, Culture and Identity: Transcultural Practices and Theoretical Implications / Felix Giron

5.Social Identifications and Culturally Located Identities: Developing Cultural Understanding through Literature / Melina Porto

6.Reimagining Sociolinguistic Identification in Foreign Language Classroom Communities of Practice / Bryan Meadows

7.The Foreign Language Imagined Learning Community: Developing Identity and Increasing Foreign Language Investment / John W. Schwieter

8.Foreign Language Motivation and Social Identity Development / Lou Harvey

9.Emotive Accounts of the Self during an ERASMUS Sojourn Abroad / Sonia Gallucci

10.Setting Standards for Intercultural Communication: Universalism and Identity Change Stephanie / Ann Houghton.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-240) and index.

ISBN:

9781441160645

1441160647

9781472542045

1472542045

9781441164384

1441164383

OCLC:

852158479