Valerie A. Pellegrino Aveni

Study Abroad and Second Language Use

Constructing the Self

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Language plays an essential role in how we portray our personalities. Through social interaction, others develop a picture of us based on our linguistic cues. However, when we interact in a foreign language and in a new country, limitations in linguistic and cultural knowledge can make self-presentation a more difficult task. This book explores the problems faced by language students embarking on 'study abroad' programmes, spending time in a foreign country and having to interact - and express their personalities - in a second language. Drawing on her extensive work with students, Valerie Pellegrino Aveni explores the factors that complicate self-presentation and the strategies students use for overcoming these, looking in particular at issues of anxiety, control, age, gender, risk-taking and self-esteem. Offering rich insights into the study abroad experience, this book will be an invaluable resource for professionals in second language acquisition, and for teachers and students preparing for study abroad.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780521534949
• ISBN-10: 0521534941
• Artikelnr.: 14675968

Autorenporträt

Valerie A. Pellegrino Aveni is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, Ohio State University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Language use in a social context; 2. Communicative goals; 3. The social dance: second language and the construction of self; 4. Learners and their environment: factors affecting self-construction; Coming into our own: the convergence of real self and ideal self; 5. Conclusion: The self in second language: implications and next steps.

Rezensionen

'...interesting new insights into the nature of foreign language learning outside the classroom... the first full-full length monograph on study abroad... richly illustrated discussion of American learners' experiences in Russia... offers a pleasant change of pace and focus from the common-place discussions of identity construction by learners of English around the world.' International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism