| Being and Becoming a Speaker of Japanepb: An Autoethnographic Account Contributor(s): Simon-Maeda, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847693601 ISBN-13: 9781847693600 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Psycholinguistics - Foreign Language Study | Japanese |
| Dewey: 495.680 |
| LCCN: 2011000608 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This autoethnographic account of the author's Japanese as a second language learning trajectory is an important and unique addition to diary studies in SLA and applied linguistics qualitative research circles. In-depth ethnographic details and introspective commentary are skilfully interwoven throughout Simon-Maeda's narrative of her experiences as an American expatriate who arrived in Japan in 1975 - the starting point of her being and becoming a speaker of Japanese. The book joins the recent surge in postmodernist, interdisciplinary approaches to examining language acquisition, and readers are presented with a highly convincing case for using autoethnography to better understand sociolinguistic complexities that are unamenable to quantification of isolated variables. The comprehensive literature review and wide ranging references provide a valuable source of information for researchers, educators, and graduate students concerned with current issues in SLA/applied linguistics, bi/multilingualism, and Japanese as a second language. |
Contributor Bio(s): Simon-Maeda, Andrea: - Andrea Simon-Maeda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Nagoya Keizai University where she teaches English as a foreign language. She has published articles in TESOL Quarterly and the International Multilingual Research Journal and served as a coordinator and editor for the Gender Awareness in Language Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching. Her main research interests are bi/multilingualism and gender issues in societal and educational contexts, and her professional educator career in Japan spans 35 years of tertiary level EFL instruction. |