Being and becoming a speaker of Japanese : an autoethnographic account
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Bibliographic Information
Being and becoming a speaker of Japanese : an autoethnographic account
（Second language acquisition / series editor, David Singleton）
Multilingual Matters, c2011
- : pbk
- : hbk
Available at / 47 libraries
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
: hbk810.7/8812050861
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
PART I
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Postmodern Basis of Autoethnography
Chapter 2 Narrative Inquiry in SLA and Applied Linguistics PART II
Chapter 3 In the Beginning: Situating the Story
Chapter 4 In the Middle: Love, Marriage, Family
Chapter 5 Career Discourse(s)
Chapter 6 Where I Am Now: Two Days in the Life of an Expatriate
Closing Discussion
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