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Second Language Identities David Block

Second Language Identities By David Block

Second Language Identities by David Block


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An examination of how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics. It concludes with suggestions for future research focussing on identity in second language learning.

Second Language Identities Summary

Second Language Identities by David Block

Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall. It then examines how in early SLA research focussing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to the surface. Moving to the present, the book then examines in detail and critiques recent research focussing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: (1) adult migration, (2) foreign language classrooms and (3) study abroad programmes. The book concludes with suggestions for future research focussing on identity in second language learning.

Second Language Identities Reviews

'Second Language Identities is a remarkable book that traces research interest in second language identities from the 1960's to the present. Drawing on a wide range of social science theory, David Block brings an insightful analysis to seminal studies of adult migrants, foreign language learners, and study abroad students. A timely work that makes an outstanding contribution to a burgeoning field of inquiry. Bonny Norton, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia, Canada.

About David Block

David Block is Senior Lecturer in Languages at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Identity in the social sciences today; 2. Waking the dead: Identity in early second language learning research; 3. Identity in adult migrant contexts; 4. Identity in foreign language contexts; 5. Identity in study abroad contexts; 6. Second language identities: the state of play and future directions.

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NLS9781847065711
9781847065711
1847065716
Second Language Identities by David Block
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2009-01-01
240
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