Foreign Language Learning and Use

Interaction in Informal Social Networks

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Av Naomi Kurata, Australia) Kurata, Dr Naomi (Monash University

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It is commonly believed that foreign language skills improve through social interaction with speakers of the language. However, there is little research addressing the issue of access to such interaction. This book explores this issue, examining longitudinal case studies of interaction between language learners and speakers of the target language within their informal social networks. It looks at the complex social and personal factors that influence language choice. Kurata reveals that even for motivated learners opportunities to use the target language are limited, and suggests factors that promote language use and opportunities for learning.She proposes ways around obstacles to opportunities for second language use and second language learning and sets out important implications for language learning in and outside classrooms.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-02-17
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt468 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagContinuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN9780826424303

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