Identity and Second Language Acquisition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23752170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatrice Norton (0000-0001-7449-3598, corresponding author), Bonny Norton |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0521.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4283457832 |
| ISBN | 9781405198431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 49 |
Identity and second language acquisition (SLA) is best understood with reference to changing conceptions of the individual, language, and learning in the field of applied linguistics. These changes are indexical of a shift in the field from a predominantly psycholinguistic approach to SLA to include a greater focus on sociological and anthropological dimensions of language learning, particularly with reference to sociocultural, poststructural, and critical theory. This entry examines the work of scholars who are centrally concerned with the relationship between the language learner and the larger social world, and the way in which power is implicated in SLA. Key directions in identity research are addressed, including identity and investment, social categories, and digitally mediated language learning. It is argued that social processes marked by inequities of gender, race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation may serve to position learners in ways that silence and exclude. At the same time, however, learners may resist marginalization through both covert and overt acts of resistance. Of central interest to researchers of second language identity is that the very articulation of power, identity, and resistance is expressed in and through language.
Comprehension approach · Covert · Identity (music) · Identity formation · Indexicality · Language acquisition · Language education · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Second-language acquisition · Self-concept · Silence · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociocultural evolution · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Sociology of language · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |