Social Context and Fluency in L2 Learners: The Case of Wales

Lynda Pritchard Newcombe

Published by Multilingual Matters 2007

Social Context and Fluency in L2 Learners

The Case of Wales

Lynda Pritchard Newcombe

In the series New Perspectives on Language and Education

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853599965

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About this book

The focus in this book is on learners’ experiences using Welsh outside class but the issues discussed have implications for a wide range of other situations where the population is bilingual or multilingual and interaction takes place in a language of wider communication.

Author / Editor information

Pritchard Newcombe Lynda :

Dr Lynda Pritchard Newcombe is from South Wales and lives in Cardiff. She learned Welsh, her ancestral language as an adult and has extensive experience of teaching Welsh and German to adults. She has been involved in various research projects on L2 learning/use and bilingualism, most of which have been qualitative in nature; she has, however, collaborated in some quantitative studies with her husband, Professor Robert G. Newcombe. She also works as a freelance writer.

Reviews

A stimulating and thought-provoking look at the real, practical problems facing adults, as they learn a language and try to become part of this new community.

This book gives valuable insights into some of the problems faced by language learners throughout the world, that teachers should carefully take note of. Moreover, much of what the protagonists of the book have to say is strikingly familiar to those thousand upon thousand non-Catalan-speakers striving to do the same in the Catalan context. Their frank and sincere thoughts are a call to neighbours, friends, colleagues who are fortunate enough to have the language: Don’t hide it away, please share it with us!

This socio-educational study provides a fascinating glimpse into the psychology (and anxiety) of language acquisition and issues of personal and national identity.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Glossary Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Foreword Miquel Strubell Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Adult Language Learners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. The Learner’s Experience in the Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Issues of Culture and Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
5. Anxiety and Lack of Confidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
6. Time and Opportunity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
7. Sustaining Motivation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
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Appendix A: Instructions to Participants for Journal Writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
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Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 120
Keywords: Welsh language; Wales; motivation; social context; SLA; identity; anxiety

eBook

Published: August 7, 2007
ISBN: 9781853599965