TheSocial Construction of Age : : Adult Foreign Language Learners /

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

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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 l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Andrew, Patricia,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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