Jackson Jane - Language Identity And Study Abroad Sociocultural Perspectives - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A growing number of foreign language students are taking part in study and residence abroad programs but what actually happens when they cross cultures in an unfamiliar land? What effect can a sojourn have on their sense of self and their perceptions of the target language and culture? What factors affect their willingness to use the target language in social settings? This book is based on the premise that student sojourners and educators can benefit from a deeper understanding of the language identity and cultural factors that impact on the development of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural personhood a new alternative identity that is broader more inclusive more intercultural something that will always contain the old and the new side by side to form a third kind a kind that allows more openness and acceptance of differences in people (Kim 2001: 232 - 3). Linking contemporary sociocultural/ identity theories with practice the relationship between language and cultural learning and identity reconstruction are examined through an ethnographic exploration of the actual experiences of study abroad participants. The book provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective addressing issues of importance to professionals in second language acquisition sociolinguistics cross - cultural psychology speech communication and intercultural communication.
Title: Language Identity And Study Abroad Sociocultural Perspectives
Author(s): Jackson Jane
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Barcode: 9781845531416
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 5/15/2008
Series: British Studies in Applied Linguistics
Category: Language Acquisition