Adult Minority Language Learning: Motivation, Identity and Target Variety (Second Language Acquisition, 139) - Hardcover

Flynn, Colin J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788927036 ISBN 13: 9781788927031

Verlag: Multilingual Matters, 2020

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This book examines the role of affective variables in the process of learning a minority language. It presents a comprehensive account of how adult learners' attitude, motivation and identity are related to their awareness of, and commitment to, different dialects and varieties as target speech models. These issues are examined in the context of Irish, a minority language which does not have a standard spoken variety and where the vast majority of learners have no regular contact with native speakers. Using a mixed methods research approach, this study explores the relationships that exist between, on the one hand, learners' attitudes towards the three main traditional dialects of Irish and non-traditional second language varieties, and on the other, their motivation and self-concept as second language learners.

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Colin J. Flynn is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Multilingual Matters
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1788927036
• ISBN 13: 9781788927031
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 270
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