Second Language Socialization and Learner Agency

Lyn Wright Fogle is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics/TESOL at Mississippi State University. She holds a PhD In Linguistics from Georgetown University and an MA in TESOL from American University. Her research focuses on sociocultural aspects of second language learning and bilingualism with an emphasis on second language socialization, learner identities, and language policy. She is a co-editor of the volume Sustaining linguistic diversity: Endangered and minority languages and language varieties (Georgetown University Press), and her work has appeared in journals such as The International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and Language and Linguistics Compass.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Second Language Socialization, Agency, and Identity Chapter 3: Transnational Adoption and Language: An Overview Chapter 4: ‘I got nothin’!’: Resistance, Routine, and Narrative Chapter 5: ‘But now we’re your daughter and son!’: Participation, Questions, and Languaging Chapter 6: ‘We’ll help them in Russian, and they’ll help us in English’: Negotiation, Medium Requests, and Code-switching Chapter 7: Conclusions and Implications Chapter 8: Epilogue

The book offers an innovative way of understanding and researching language socialization, and it is definitely worth attention as it does not put parents in the dominant position but highlights the role of youngsters in becoming members of a new community.