The Social Construction of Age : Adult Foreign Language Learners Hardback
by Patricia Andrew
Part of the Second Language Acquisition series
Hardback
Description
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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:11/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781847696144
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:11/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847696144
