TheSocial Construction of Age : : Adult Foreign Language Learners / / Patricia Andrew.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Andrew, Patricia,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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 ‘Middle’ Adulthood --; 6. Constructing Age in Young Adulthood --; Final Reflections --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847696151; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781847696151
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Patricia Andrew.

This 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.