<div>Hi colleagues, <br><br>I'm sorry for the message I sent some minutes ago. I sent it before I had read your messages, so I guess I was too repetitive. WEll, I would like to send you parts of the discourse of a participant in my researches on language learning. I would like to know how you see it in terms of language learning and identity:
<br><br>Anita: <em>When I got into the classroom, I started to hear everyone speaking English</em> [the target language]. <em>Then I got scared. I thought: "Oh, God, they all can speak. I can't speak English at all. What if they ask me a question?". I had a feeling to run away from there, but decided to stay. It was a shame that at my age and after all the courses I've taken, I can't speak this language".
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<div>Do you think that it has anything to do with the student's identity being shaken/at risk in the classroom? Now, read this other one:</div>
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<div>Grace: <em>I wish I could speak this language </em>[English, the target language in the classroom] <em>as well as I speak my native language. But it is so hard to me. I speak badly. Because of this, I prefer not to speak in front of other people, or they may think I am a stupid adult.
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<div>I would be glad to have your rich comments on it. Thanks,</div>
<div>Cícero</div>