Date: 15-Nov-2008 From: Janet Joyce <jjoyceequinoxpub.com> Subject: Language, Identity and Study Abroad: Jackson E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Language, Identity and Study Abroad
Subtitle: Sociocultural Perspectives
Series Title: Studies in Applied Linguistics
Published: 2008
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
http://www.equinoxpub.com/
Author: Jane Jackson
Hardback: ISBN: 9781845531416 Pages: 280 Price: U.S. $ 125.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781845531416 Pages: 280 Price: U.K. £ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9781845531423 Pages: 280 Price: U.K. £ 16.99
Paperback: ISBN: 9781845531423 Pages: 280 Price: U.S. $ 29.95
Abstract:
A growing number of foreign language students are taking part in study and residence abroad programs but what actually happens when they cross cultures in an unfamiliar land? What effect can a sojourn have on their sense of self and their perceptions of the target language and culture? What factors affect their willingness to use the target language in social settings? This book is based on the premise that student sojourners and educators can benefit from a deeper understanding of the language, identity, and cultural factors that impact on the development of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural personhood, "a new, alternative identity that is broader, more inclusive, more intercultural… something that will always contain the old and the new side by side to form "a third kind" - a kind that allows more openness and acceptance of differences in people" (Kim, 2001: 232-3). Linking contemporary sociocultural / identity theories with practice, the relationship between language and cultural learning and identity reconstruction are examined through an ethnographic exploration of the actual experiences of study abroad participants. The book provides a unique, interdisciplinary perspective, addressing issues of importance to professionals in second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, cross-cultural psychology, speech communication, and intercultural communication.
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
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