23.4053, Books: Foreign Language Learning and Use: Kurata
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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:18:35
From: Ellena Moriarty [Ellena.Moriarty at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Foreign Language Learning and Use: Kurata
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Title: Foreign Language Learning and Use
Subtitle: Interaction in Informal Social Networks
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
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Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=169398&SearchType=Basic
Author: Naomi Kurata
Paperback: ISBN: 1441103376 9781441103376 Pages: 208 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Abstract:
It is commonly believed that foreign language skills improve through social interaction with speakers of the language. However, there is little research addressing the issue of access to such interaction. This book explores this issue, examining longitudinal case studies of interaction between language learners and speakers of the target language within their informal social networks. It looks at the complex social and personal factors that influence language choice.
Kurata reveals that even for motivated learners opportunities to use the target language are limited, and suggests factors that promote language use and opportunities for learning. She proposes ways around obstacles to opportunities for second language use and second language learning and sets out important implications for language teaching in classrooms. A central implication is the necessity for educators to increase their awareness about their student's; self-image as an L2 user.
The book features Japanese as the target language under discussion but the results are widely applicable in other language contexts, particularly in English-speaking countries.
Contents: 1. Social dimensions of language use and learning \ 2. Learner's bilingual social networks \ 3. Changes in L1/L2 use \ 4. Language selection and its negotiation \ 5. Opportunities for L2 learning \ 6. Access to L2 social interaction: implications for language teaching and learning \ Bibliography \ Index
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Second Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): Japanese (jpn)
Written In: English (eng)
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