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Publication details [#55567]

Higgins, Christina M., ed. 2011. Identity Formation in Globalizing Contexts. Language Learning in the New Millennium. (Language and Social Processes 1). De Gruyter. xviii+330 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | foreign language teaching | globalization | identity negotiation | language and culture

Language as a subject

English | French | Japanese | Swahili

Annotation

Drawing on narrative analysis, ethnography, and case studies, this volume explores how new millennium globalization mediates foreign language acquisition and identity negotiation among learners of English, French, Japanese, and Swahili in England, France, the US, Canada, Tanzania and Hong Kong.