Self and Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning - Couverture souple

Taylor, Florentina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847699987 ISBN 13 : 9781847699985

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2013

Synopsis

This book explores the role of identity in adolescent foreign language learning to provide evidence that an identity-focused approach can make a difference to achievement in education. It uses both in-depth exploratory interviews with language learners and a cross-sectional survey to provide a unique glimpse into the identity dynamics that learners need to manage in their interaction with contradictory relational contexts (e.g. teacher vs. classmates; parents vs. friends), and that appear to impair their perceived competence and declared achievement in language learning. Furthermore, this work presents a new model of identity which incorporates several educational psychology theories (e.g. self-discrepancy, self-presentation, impression management), developmental theories of adolescence and principles of foreign language teaching and learning. This book gives rise to potentially policy-changing insights and will be of importance to those interested in the relationship between self, identity and language teaching and learning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Florentina Taylor is a Lecturer in Education and MA TESOL Programme Leader at the University of York, UK. She has over 18 years' teaching experience in Higher Education, EAP and EFL and has conducted research into identity and motivation in learning and teaching English as a foreign language in Europe, as well as the perceived relevance, motivation and uptake of Modern Foreign Languages in the UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847699987
• ISBN 13: 9781847699985
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible