Learner Narratives of Translingual Identities: A Multimodal Approach to Exploring Language Learning Histories

✍ Scribed by Patrick Kiernan

Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 330
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book addresses translingual identities through an innovative multimodal analysis of the language learning histories of a class of advanced learners of English in Japan who grew up between two or more languages. The author explores both the translingual experiences of those in the classroom and how they use language and gesture when describing their experiences to each other. This approach uses three perspectives: it looks at the worlds and identities the interviewees construct for themselves; at their interpersonal communication; and at the way they frame their experience. Finally, it offers some lessons based on the observations of the class which reveal the values they share and the key to their success as language learners. It will appeal to applied linguistic and educational researchers, particularly those with an interest in narrative approaches to exploring educational contexts, as well as language educators and policy makers interested in gaining a learner perspective on language learning.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Introduction (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 1-27
Front Matter ....Pages 29-29
Multimodal Resources in Face-to-Face Interviews (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 31-59
Three Perspectives on Gesture and Meaning (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 61-87
Ideational Meaning and the Experience of Translingual Identity (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 89-115
Community, Identity and Interpersonal Resources (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 117-148
Framing, Narrative and Textual Semiotic Resources (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 149-176
Front Matter ....Pages 177-177
Aspiring Translinguals (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 179-208
Confident Translinguals (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 209-229
Translingual Heritage (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 231-253
Front Matter ....Pages 255-255
A Translingual Community of Practice (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 257-281
Lessons from a Successful Translingual Community (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 283-306
Conclusion (Patrick Kiernan)....Pages 307-313
Back Matter ....Pages 315-325

✦ Subjects

Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Multilingualism; Language Education; Semiotics; Self and Identity; Intercultural Communication

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