Identity trajectories of adult second language learners : learning Italian in Australia

Adult education Italian language Second language acquisition e-böcker
Multilingual Matters
2019
EISBN 9781788922203
Introduction: learning a language as an identity shaping journey.
L2 learning motivation, identity and community: reshaping social identity through L2.
Learning Italian outside Italy: culture, lifestyle and Italophilia.
Learning Italian in Australia: theoretical framework and research method.
The ideal L2 self and Italian learning motivation: a quantitative investigation.
Community and identity: a qualitative exploration of drivers for learning Italian.
Italian learning in Australia: under the spell of a cultural icon.
"This book explores the motivations of adult second language learners in continuing education settings. It focuses on their learning trajectories and related dynamics of identity development and will be useful to language teachers and researchers interested in the role of affective elements in successful adult language learning"--
L2 learning motivation, identity and community: reshaping social identity through L2.
Learning Italian outside Italy: culture, lifestyle and Italophilia.
Learning Italian in Australia: theoretical framework and research method.
The ideal L2 self and Italian learning motivation: a quantitative investigation.
Community and identity: a qualitative exploration of drivers for learning Italian.
Italian learning in Australia: under the spell of a cultural icon.
"This book explores the motivations of adult second language learners in continuing education settings. It focuses on their learning trajectories and related dynamics of identity development and will be useful to language teachers and researchers interested in the role of affective elements in successful adult language learning"--
