Identity Trajectories of Adult Second Language Learners : : Learning Italian in Australia / / Cristiana Palmieri.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English
• VerfasserIn: Palmieri, Cristiana,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book explores the motivations of adult second language (L2) learners to learn Italian in continuing education settings in Australia. It focuses on their motivational drives, learning trajectories and related dynamics of identity development triggered by the learning process. Central to the study are adult L2 learners, who are still a largely under-researched and growing group of learners, and readers will gain a better understanding of the learning process of this specific group of learners and ideas for sustaining L2 adult learning motivation in continuing education settings. Furthermore, the book discusses the role played by the Italian migrant community in Australia in making Italian a sought-after language to learn. It explores how a migrant community may influence motivation, and highlights and expands on the notion of L2 learning contexts, showing the existence of sociocultural environments where second language learning trajectories are affected by the presence of migrant groups.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Learning a Language as an Identity-Shaping Journey -- 2. L2 Learning Motivation, Identity and Community: Reshaping Social Identity through L2 Learning -- 3. Learning Italian Outside Italy: Culture, Lifestyle and Italophilia -- 4. Learning Italian in Australia: Theoretical Framework and Research Method -- 5. The Ideal L2 Self and Italian Learning Motivation: A Quantitative Investigation -- 6. Community and Identity: A Qualitative Exploration of Drivers for Learning Italian -- 7. Italian Learning in Australia: Under the Spell of a Cultural Icon -- Appendix A: Questionnaire -- References -- Index