Learner Narratives of Translingual Identities A Multimodal Approach to Exploring Language Learning Histories /

This book addresses translingual identities through an innovative multimodal analysis of the language learning histories of a class of advanced learners of English in Japan who grew up between two or more languages. The author explores both the translingual experiences of those in the classroom and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kiernan, Patrick (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Applied linguistics.
Multilingualism.
Language and languages > Study and teaching.
Semiotics.
Philosophy of mind.
Self.
Intercultural communication.
Applied Linguistics.
Language Education.
Philosophy of the Self.
Intercultural Communication.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part One: Theoretical Concerns
  • Chapter 2. Multimodal resources in face-to-face interviews
  • Chapter 3. Three perspectives on gesture and meaning
  • Chapter 4. Ideational meaning and the experience of transcultural identity
  • Chapter 5. Community, identity, and interpersonal resources
  • Chapter 6. Framing, narrative, and textual semiotic resources
  • Part Two: Learner Narratives of Translingual Identity
  • Chapter 7. Aspiring translinguals
  • Chapter 8. Confident translinguals
  • Chapter 9. Translingual heritage
  • Part Three: The Translingual Community
  • Chapter 10. A translingual community of practice
  • Chapter 11. Lessons from a successful translingual community
  • Chapter 12. Conclusion.

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