Search results for "learner identity"
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Learner identity in EFL: An analysis of digital texts of identity in higher education
2018
This study explores learner identity (LI) in digital texts of identity (DTI) produced by college learners in English as a foreign language (EFL). In so doing, it aims to shed light on learners’ connections of their learning experiences across time and settings, and their impact on the various learner identities that form their LI. It also intends to elucidate how learners construct powerful learner identities in and through their digital discourses. To this end, 51 DTI were collected and scrutinized, following studies on LI, critical and poststructuralist discourse analysis, and “thematic” and “dialogic/performative” analysis within narrative research. Learners established connections betwe…
"Tässä ryhmässä olen aika hyvä" : ekologinen näkökulma kielenoppijaidentiteetteihin peruskoulun viidennen ja kuudennen luokan englannin opetuksessa
2012
Apprendimento del tedesco: nuovi approcci nel training della pronuncia sotto il profilo della learner identity
2019
Utilizzare la propria voce fa parte dell’espressione dell’identità personale. Colui che intraprende lo studio di una lingua straniera si trova talora difronte alla difficoltà di articolare suoni e strutture prosodiche differenti dalla sua lingua nativa e altresì lontani dal proprio vissuto: strani ed estranei. Inoltre pregiudizi ricorrenti possono inibire l’attitudine dell’apprendente nei confronti della lingua che sta imparando. Questo contributo propone nuovi approcci alla lingua tedesca orale, diversi da quelli offerti dai libri di testo in uso nelle scuole italiane. Essi partono dal suono della lingua nella sua interezza e tengono conto di ritmo, struttura sillabica e sforzo articolator…
Narratives in L2 Learner Identity Development
2019
This article focuses on second or foreign language (L2) learner identity and its development as discursively constructed, and we will summarize four studies conducted on this topic. The studies were conducted in the context of L2 teacher education in Finland, and the participants were student teachers (pre-service teachers) or recently qualified teachers of English or other L2s. As data we made use of narratives in different modes (oral, written, visual). The summarizing of the studies will be followed by a joint critical discussion of the theoretical and methodological lessons learned and possible applications. peerReviewed