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Finding a Place for a Foreign Language Among Possible Selves

Finding a Place for a Foreign Language Among Possible Selves

Simla Course
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781668437384|ISBN10: 1668437384|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668437391|EISBN13: 9781668437407
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3738-4.ch012
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Course, Simla. "Finding a Place for a Foreign Language Among Possible Selves." Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories, edited by Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 188-201. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3738-4.ch012

APA

Course, S. (2022). Finding a Place for a Foreign Language Among Possible Selves. In E. Hancı-Azizoglu, Ş. Şahinkarakaş, & D. Tannacito (Eds.), Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories (pp. 188-201). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3738-4.ch012

Chicago

Course, Simla. "Finding a Place for a Foreign Language Among Possible Selves." In Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories, edited by Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu, Şehnaz Şahinkarakaş, and Dan J. Tannacito, 188-201. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3738-4.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter discusses how learning English as a foreign language was affected by and has impacted the author's sense of self as an individual throughout their journey as a language learner and later as a language teacher and researcher. The author looks into the place of English in their ever-changing sense of self in this process and argues that there was a dynamic interaction between their sense of self and the English language. To give meaning to this interaction, the author uses the framework of L2 motivational self-system. Tracing the critical incidents in their journey of language learning, the author argues that their initial learning experiences were influential in shaping their current sense of self and future possible selves. This in turn impacted on the way they gave meaning to future learning experiences, suggesting a complex, dynamic, and multifaceted relationship between language learning and learners' selves.

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