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Foreign Language Learning and Use: Interaction in Informal Social Networks

Foreign Language Learning and Use: Interaction in Informal Social Networks

Kurata, Naomi

Hardcover

General ReferenceLinguistics

ISBN10: 0826424309
ISBN13: 9780826424303
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Feb 17 2011
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
It is commonly believed that foreign language skills improve through social interaction with speakers of the language. However, there is little research addressing the issue of access to such interaction. This book explores this issue, examining longitudinal case studies of interaction between language learners and speakers of the target language within their informal social networks. It looks at the complex social and personal factors that influence language choice. Kurata reveals that even for motivated learners opportunities to use the target language are limited, and suggests factors that promote language use and opportunities for learning.She proposes ways around obstacles to opportunities for second language use and second language learning and sets out important implications for language learning in and outside classrooms.

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