The Social Construction of Age : Adult Foreign Language Learners Paperback / softback
by Patricia Andrew
Part of the Second Language Acquisition series
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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:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:11/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781847696137
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication Date:11/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847696137
