Second Language Acquisition of Spoken and Written English
Acquiring the Skeptron
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10818655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shelley Angélil-Carter (University of Cape Town) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TESOL Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-8322 • E-ISSN: 1545-7249 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3588047 |
| OpenAlex | W2090041656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 13 |
Research in second language acquisition (SLA) has been dominated by questions regarding the psychological processes of language learning, with less concern for the wider social context, the power relations within the context, and their effect on the psychological variables. This article draws on Peirce's (1995) concept of investment, arguing that it can be usefully broken down into investment in discourses. It also draws on and extends Peirce's use of Bourdieu's (1991) notions of legitimate language, arguing that not only do subject positions, and thus the ability to claim the right to speak, change over time, but they can change within one encounter. To illustrate the importance of these concepts, I analyse the interaction between myself and a student in an interview, as a language learning situation, during which the power relationships shift significantly because of a change of topic (the skeptron changes hands). This shift occurs because of the wider political context and affects the nature of the interaction and thus SLA. The analysis of the interview data and pieces of writing also demonstrates the student's investment in prior discourses and the way they hinder and facilitate his acquisition of written academic discourse, as his approach to academic writing is powerfully shaped by the meanings and function writing had held for him as a political prisoner in an apartheid South Africa. The article includes a brief discussion of the implications for the L2 classroom
Linguistics · Second-language acquisition · Spoken language · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Computer Mediated Communication
Voices, Discourse, and Transition
Critical English for Academic Purposes
Qualitative Language for Specific Purposes Research
Researcher Reflexivity
Investment and Second Language Acquisition
Chinese Students' Enculturation Into an MBA Program
Reshaping educational experience by volunteering in the community
Three decades of research on the model of investment in applied linguistics
Changing Perspectives on Good Language Learners
Narrative Inquiry
Attitudes of Journal Editors to Nonnative Speaker Contributions
From the "Good Kids" to the "Worst
On Coming Out and Coming Undone
Beyond Plagiarism
Epilogue
Why Doesn't This Feel Empowering? Working Through the Repressive Myths of Critical Pedagogy
Discourse and social change
How To Do Things With Words
A student's contributions to second language learning. Part I
A student's contributions to second-language learning. Part II
Cooperative Learning
Second Language Acquisition Research
From Critical Research Practice to Critical Research Reporting
Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning
Getting Smart
Language and Symbolic Power
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |