Identities and beliefs across time and space

IF 0.9 Q2 LINGUISTICS

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI:10.1075/aral.19004.sun

C. Sung

引用次数: 6

Abstract

This paper presents a case study of a Hong Kong university student’s experiences of learning English as a second language (L2) over a four-year period, with particular attention to the changes in her identities and beliefs across time and space. Drawing on a narrative inquiry approach, the study revealed that the student’s L2 identities appeared to be shaped by specific contextual conditions and agentic choices made by the student in response to different contexts, including consultation sessions with native English-speaking tutors, study abroad in the U.S., interactions with non-native English-speaking peers, and classroom interactions. It was also found that her L2 identities and beliefs not only varied over time in a complex and dynamic manner, but also appeared to be closely interconnected and interacted with each other in a reciprocal and bi-directional manner. The case study points to the need to pay more attention to the complex and dynamic interrelationship between identity and belief in L2 learning trajectories.

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跨越时间和空间的身份和信仰

本文介绍了一名香港大学生在四年时间里学习英语作为第二语言(L2)的经历，特别关注她的身份和信仰在时间和空间上的变化。利用叙述性调查方法，该研究表明，学生的第二语言身份似乎是由特定的语境条件和学生对不同语境的回应所做出的代理选择所塑造的，包括与以英语为母语的导师的咨询会议、在美国留学、与非以英语为母语的同龄人的互动以及课堂互动。研究还发现，她的第二语言身份和信仰不仅以复杂和动态的方式随着时间的推移而变化，而且似乎以互惠和双向的方式密切联系和相互作用。本案例研究指出，需要更多地关注二语学习轨迹中认同和信念之间复杂而动态的相互关系。

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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

8.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.