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Second Language Identities
David Block
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Description for Second Language Identities
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Classics in Linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall. It then examines how in early SLA research focussing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to centre stage. Moving to the present, the ... Read more
Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall. It then examines how in early SLA research focussing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to centre stage. Moving to the present, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Bloomsbury Classics in Linguistics
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472526045
SKU
V9781472526045
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About David Block
David Block is ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Lleida, Spain
Reviews for Second Language Identities
The first edition of David Block's Second Language Identities was deemed a remarkable piece of work [in 2007], and its content is as relevant now as it was eight years ago ... I highly recommend it.
TESOLANZ Journal
David Block provides a concise and readable survey... the book is clearly written and well-structured throughout, with the key ... Read more
TESOLANZ Journal
David Block provides a concise and readable survey... the book is clearly written and well-structured throughout, with the key ... Read more