Self and Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning: Second Language Acquisition, cartea 70

Florentina Taylor is a Lecturer in Education and MA TESOL Programme Leader at the University of York, UK. She has over 18 years' teaching experience in Higher Education, EAP and EFL and has conducted research into identity and motivation in learning and teaching English as a foreign language in Europe, as well as the perceived relevance, motivation and uptake of Modern Foreign Languages in the UK.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Self and Identity in Adolescence: A Relational Perspective Chapter 3. Self and Identity in Foreign Language Learning Chapter 4. A Quadripolar Model of Identity in Adolescent Foreign Language Learning Chapter 5. Participants' Self Systems in Four Relational Contexts Chapter 6. Self Perceptions and Identity Display in Learning English as a Foreign Language Chapter 7. Of Students and Teachers Chapter 8. Drawing the Line: Evaluation and Implications

This is a carefully researched and well-written book that will be read with much interest and profit by those interested in the increasingly important area of identity in foreign language learning. Alison Mackey, Georgetown University, USA and Lancaster University, UK Florentina Taylor's study adds a fresh and original perspective to the vibrant field of studies of the self in SLA.Reading the book will not only extend readers' understandings of adolescents' multiple relational selves and identities, but they will also gain valuable insights into a range of related psychological issues. A bold, intelligent and important contribution to this exciting field. Sarah Mercer, Universitat Graz, Austria