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- Title
Group membership and identity issues in second language learning.
- Authors
Trofimovich, Pavel; Turuševa, Larisa; Gatbonton, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Language learning is inextricably linked to a social context, and this implies that context-related social variables, such as ethnicity or attitudes, can influence how language learning unfolds. Among the many group-engendered social factors, ethnic identity appears to have interesting consequences for language teaching and learning (Pavlenko & Blackledge 2004). Indeed, issues of personal and group identity often become important when individuals or groups come in contact with one another to learn a language. Briefly, ethnic identity refers to a person's subjective experience of being a part of an ethnic group (Ashmore, Deaux & McLaughlin-Volpe 2004). For second language (L2) learners, the two relevant groups are usually their primary (home) ethnic group and the L2 community. We report here on the research that we have been conducting at Concordia University in Montreal, as part of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, with the goal of investigating the role of ethnic group identity in L2 learning.
- Subjects
SECOND language acquisition; SECOND language acquisition -- Social aspects; FOREIGN language education; ETHNICITY &; society; SOCIAL conditions of ethnic groups; CONCORDIA University; YOUNG adults; HIGHER education
- Publication
Language Teaching, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 4, p563
- ISSN
0261-4448
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S026144481300030X