03771nam 22007815 450 991045765240332120210111223736.01-280-12091-697866135247751-84769-615-510.21832/9781847696151(CKB)2550000000089185(EBL)922848(SSID)ssj0000649716(PQKBManifestationID)11378747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000649716(PQKBWorkID)10608564(PQKB)11549884(DE-B1597)513496(OCoLC)777557668(DE-B1597)9781847696151(MiAaPQ)EBC922848(EXLCZ)99255000000008918520200707h20122012 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrTheSocial Construction of Age Adult Foreign Language Learners /Patricia AndrewBlue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2012]©20121 online resource (194 p.)Second Language AcquisitionDescription based upon print version of record.1-84769-614-7 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 -- IndexThis 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 language learners. By approaching the topic from a social constructionist perspective and in light of recent work in sociolinguistics and cultural studies, it broadens the current second language acquisition focus on age as a fixed biological or chronological variable to encompass its social dimensions. What emerges is a more complex and nuanced understanding of age as it intersects with language learning in a way that links it fundamentally to other social phenomena, such as gender, ethnicity and social class.Second Language AcquisitionLanguage and cultureLanguage and languages -- Age differencesSecond language acquisitionSociolinguisticsSecond language acquisitionAge differencesLanguage and languagesSociolinguisticsLanguage and cultureLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCPhilology & LinguisticsHILCCElectronic books.Language and culture.Language and languages -- Age differences.Second language acquisition.Sociolinguistics.Second language acquisitionAge differencesLanguage and languagesSociolinguisticsLanguage and cultureLanguages & LiteraturesPhilology & Linguistics401/.93Andrew Patricia, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1037067DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910457652403321TheSocial Construction of Age2457769UNINA