Opportunities for Foreign Language Learning and Use within a Learner's Informal Social Networks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18980540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naomi Kurata (0000-0003-4946-9259, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 382-396 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mind Culture and Activity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1074-9039 • E-ISSN: 1532-7884 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10749030903402032 |
| OpenAlex | W2093579580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
This study examines the language use of a student of Japanese in Australia in two informal conversations he had with native speakers of Japanese who were part of his social network. Utilising activity theory and a conversation analytic approach to language alternation, the analysis reveals that it is not always easy for this learner to create opportunities to use Japanese due to diverse social factors. One of the major factors is a contradiction that emerges between the socialising activity and the language learning activity in which this learner and his Japanese friends are engaged in their conversations. However, this study demonstrates that the same learner sometimes succeeds in gaining access to exposure to L2 as a speaker as well as a listener and, as a consequence, access to L2 learning opportunities. This access seems to be enabled by, amongst other things, an indication of his own strong preference for L2 and his proactive move to introduce appropriate subtopics
Acknowledgement · Contradiction · Conversation · First language · Foreign language · Informal learning · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Preference · Second-language acquisition · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
Social Networks in Second Language Acquisition
Role of Social Networks, Attidude, and Motivation in Informal Foreign Language Learning
How Output Outweighs Input and Interlocutors Matter for Study‐Abroad SLA
A scoping review of studies in informal second language learning
Relationships between social networks and language development during study abroad
Oral language learning in a foreign language context
The trends and developments of L2 Japanese research in the 2010s
Research agenda
English in the real world
Bilingual Conversation
Second Language Acquisition Processes in the Classroom
Learning as Changing Participation
Expansive Learning at Work
The Role of Consciousness in Second Language Learning1
The Relationship Between Consciousness, Interaction and Language Learning
Second/Foreign Language Learning as a Social Accomplishment
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |