The social construction of age : adult f
β Patricia Andrew
π Library
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2012
π Multilingual Matters
π English
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TheSocial Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners
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- 2012
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- English
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β¦ Synopsis
This book broaches the question of the social impact of age on language learners from a social constructionist perspective, thus filling a gap currently existing in the literature on age and second language acquisition.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A First Glimpse of Age
Part 1: Framing Age as Socially Constructed
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
Part 2: The Social Construction of Age in Mexico
4. Constructing Age in Later Adulthood
5. Constructing Age in βMiddleβ Adulthood
6. Constructing Age in Young Adulthood
Final Reflections
References
Index
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