Identity construction in ELF contexts: a case study of Finnish engineering students working in Germanyijal  

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Virkkula, Tiina

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 20 no. 2 (2010), page 251-273.
Topik: identity; English as a lingua franca; discourse analysis; interview; stay abroad
Fulltext: Virkkula_Tiina.pdf (137.51KB)

Isi artikel

This paper explores connections between identity and language use in lingua franca contexts by investigating identity construction among Finnish users of English as revealed in interviews conducted both before and after a period spent in Germany. The focus is on the users’ own stories of their language use and learning, and on the discursive construction of identities. The study draws on poststructuralist theories of identity construction, combining them with research that focuses on language learners’ identity construction or on identity issues in contexts with English as a lingua franca. This paper illustrates how language users actively draw on different discourses in constructing their identities as foreign language users.

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