Patricia Andrew

The Social Construction of Age (eBook, ePUB)

Adult Foreign Language Learners

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Multilingual Matters
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847696168
• Artikelnr.: 47538448

Autorenporträt

Patricia Andrew is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and English as a Foreign Language at the National University of Mexico. Her research interests include identity construction, sociocultural perspectives on second language acquisition, and age studies.