32.1797, Diss: English; Applied Linguistics: Hatice Altun: '' A language ecology perspective on second language socialization of undergraduate Turkish international students in terms of their linguistic, social and cultural identity development''

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Subject: 32.1797, Diss:  English; Applied Linguistics: Hatice Altun: '' A language ecology perspective on second language socialization of undergraduate Turkish international students in terms of their linguistic, social and cultural identity development''

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Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 13:24:29
From: Hatice Altun [haticealtun at gmail.com]
Subject: A language ecology perspective on second language socialization of undergraduate Turkish international students in terms of their linguistic, social and cultural identity development

 
Institution: State University of New York 
Program: Learning and Instruction 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2017 

Author: Hatice Altun

Dissertation Title: A language ecology perspective on second language
socialization of undergraduate Turkish international
students in terms of their linguistic, social and cultural
identity development 

Dissertation URL:  https://search-proquest-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/docview/1925915790?pq-orig

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Dissertation Director(s):
Erin Kearney
Janina Brutt-Griffler
Liliam Malave

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation examines second language identity formations among
international undergraduate Turkish students who come to the US biennially to
pursue an engineering degree on a joint UB-ITU Program. The students’ language
advancements and identity formation is examined through the lenses of language
ecology and language socialization frameworks. The purpose of this mixed
method longitudinal study is to examine the linguistic and social development
of the participants; to this end, the qualitative data were gathered through
interviews, personal narratives, diaries and field observations over two years
and the quantitative data were collected over a year through discourse
completion tests, collocation tests, and authentic voice recordings of the
participants. The qualitative data were used as evidence for contestation and
negotiation of many facets of the participants’ identity such as social,
linguistic, historical, gender and social class and otherwise and the
intersubjective nature of their identity negotiations were located
discursively with its symbolical and historical dimensions. The quantitative
data were used to observe the linguistic advancement of the participants in
terms of their formulaic language use. The findings of the qualitative data
revealed that while some participants developed an ‘intercultural competence’
by taking up as many affordances as possible to engage in meaningful
conversations with their social networks and positioned themselves in a ‘third
space,’ some were at odds with the idea of world citizenship and their
resistance to identity slippage has strongly shaped their identities. Of
particular interest, elite social class positioning of these students was one
major factor that also shaped their narratives. The quantitative data revealed
that all the participants improved their use of formulaic expressions even
though the pre and post-test results did not yield statistically significant
results. Symbolic nature of formulaic expressions helped the participants to
gain legitimacy in alternative speech communities and claim ownership of
English. The findings of the study provided implications for teaching
practices that would
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improve language teaching in Turkey and the role of international student and
scholar offices in the United States to improve the socialization of
international students.




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