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Second Language Identities
By David Block
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing

Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall.

It then examines how in early SLA research focusing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to center stage. Moving to the present, the book then examines in detail and critiques recent research focusing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: (1) adult migration, (2) foreign language classrooms and (3) study abroad programs. The book concludes with suggestions for future research focusing on identity in second language learning.

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