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Publication details [#59006]

Tashma Baum, Miri. 2014. ‘The aspect of the heart’: English and self-identity in the experience of preservice teachers. Language and Intercultural Communication 14 (4) : 407–422.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

emotion | language and culture | language attitude | second language acquisition | self-presentation

Language as a subject

English | Israeli

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper shows that the claimed passion for the English language amongst preservice English teachers in the Israeli periphery, is related to effective appropriation of several aspects of the English languange and culture for elevating their self-identity, which stays essentially embedded in the local habitus.