Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning : Interdisciplinary Approaches, Paperback by Deters, Ping (EDT); Gao, Xuesong (EDT); Miller, Elizabeth R. (EDT); Vitanova, Gergana (EDT), ISBN 1783092882, ISBN-13 9781783092888, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

The 14 essays in this volume describe how second language learner agency can be understood and researched from different perspectives. Language scholars from North America, Europe, Asia, and the United Arab Emirates detail theoretical approaches to agency, such as critical realism, sociocultural theory and dialogism, and language socialization; analyses of agency in different studies of inclusion and marginalization, positional identity, agency and attainment of language, and linguistic constructs; and the pedagogical implications of studies of agency for understanding the classroom behavior of Greek adults learning English as a foreign language, the internalization of grammatical categories, critical discourse analysis in a medical English course, and children learning Truku in a language revitalization program. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()