The Language of Adult Immigrants New Perspectives on Language and Education: Book 39

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth R. Miller (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she is Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Programs. Her current research focuses on language teacher identity, agency and emotions and has been published in journals such as Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, System, and the Modern Language Journal, among others. She has published a monograph and three co-edited volumes with Multilingual Matters and one co-edited volume with Bloomsbury Publishers. Klappentext This work explores how immigrant small business owners co-construct their theories of agency, in relation to language learning and use. It explores the constitution of language learner agency by drawing on performativity theory. It builds on the work of Vygotsky and Bakhtin along with research on 'agency of spaces' and language ideologies.This work explores how immigrant small business owners co-construct their theories of agency, in relation to language learning and use. It explores the constitution of language learner agency by drawing on performativity theory. It builds on the work of Vygotsky and Bakhtin along with research on 'agency of spaces' and language ideologies.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth R Miller, Elizabeth R. Miller
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.06.2014
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
• EAN: 9781783092031
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-203-1
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 21.2 x 1.5 cm
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a > 39
• Subjects: Agency; Second Language Learning; ideology and language