The applied linguistic individual sociocultural approaches to identity, agency and autonomy
Although Applied Linguistics research now emphasizes the social over the individual, qualitative research approaches often foreground the individual. Identity, agency and autonomy have also emerged as important, but contested, constructs in sociocultural approaches to researchThis book addresses the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT :
Equinox Publishing Ltd
2013
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| Edition: | First published 2013 |
| Series: | Studies in applied linguistics
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011551435208016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | Although Applied Linguistics research now emphasizes the social over the individual, qualitative research approaches often foreground the individual. Identity, agency and autonomy have also emerged as important, but contested, constructs in sociocultural approaches to researchThis book addresses the current status of the ‘Applied Linguistic individual’ through contributions, from Asia, Australasia, Europe, and North and South America, that discuss the role of the individual in research from perspectives including Sociocultural Theory, Situated Learning, Imagined Communities, Complexity Theory, and Autonomy Theory.The first part of the book examines theoretical tensions between the social and the individual in their approaches, while the second part explores how they are resolved in data-based research -- |
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| Physical Description: | XII, 211 páginas : ilustraciones (blanco y negro) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 187-206) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9781908049384 9781908049391 |
