Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning Interdisciplinary Approaches
Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning Interdisciplinary Approaches by Ping Deters, published by Multilingual Matters in 2015, offers a comprehensive exploration of language learner agency through various theoretical lenses. This 281-page volume presents a collection of diverse approaches, making it a significant resource for those interested in education, linguistics, and psycholinguistics.
Readers will find that the book is organized into three main sections, beginning with an introduction to different theoretical perspectives on agency. The subsequent section includes analyses from empirical studies, while the final part addresses the pedagogical implications derived from data-based research. Covering a range of languages, including English, Greek, Spanish, and more, this work is designed for researchers in language learning and teaching, sociolinguistics, and the intersection of language and identity.
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This book showcases how language learner agency can be understood and researched from varying perspectives by providing, for the first time, a collection of diverse approaches in one volume. The volume is organised into three main sections: the first sections offers an introduction to varying theoretical approaches to agency; the second section presents analyses of agency in a variety of empirical studies; and the third section focuses on the pedagogical implications of data-based studies of agency. The volume includes the work of researchers working in languages including English (ESL and EFL), Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Truku (an indigenous language in Taiwan) and with both child and adult language learners. This collection will serve as a key reference for researchers of language learning and teaching, sociolinguistics and language and identity.
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