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UNINA9910778903003321 |
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Autore |
Andrew Patricia |
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Titolo |
TheSocial Construction of Age : Adult Foreign Language Learners / / Patricia Andrew |
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Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-12091-6 |
9786613524775 |
1-84769-615-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Collana |
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Second Language Acquisition |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and culture |
Language and languages -- Age differences |
Second language acquisition |
Sociolinguistics |
Second language acquisition - Age differences |
Language and languages |
Languages & Literatures |
Philology & Linguistics |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A First Glimpse of Age -- 1. The Age Factor and Second Language Acquisition -- 2. Present-Day Approaches to the Study of Age -- 3. Viewing Age through a Social Constructionist Lens -- 4. Constructing Age in Later Adulthood -- 5. Constructing Age in ‘Middle’ Adulthood -- 6. Constructing Age in Young Adulthood -- Final Reflections -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores the social construction of age in the context of EFL in Mexico. It is the first book to address the age factor in SLA from a social perspective. Based on research carried out at a public university in Mexico, it investigates how adults of different ages experience learning a new language and how they enact their age identities as |
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