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The Social Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners, 63

The Social Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners, 63

Andrew, Patricia

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Series: Second Language Acquisition, Book 63

General ReferenceLinguistics

ISBN10: 1847696139
ISBN13: 9781847696137
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: Jan 11 2012
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

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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