Identity Trajectories of Adult Second Language Learners : : Learning Italian in Australia / / Cristiana Palmieri.
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 stud...
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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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