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ERIC Number: EJ1302585
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1072-4303
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The Interplay of L2 Pragmatics and Learner Identity as a Social, Complex Process: A Poststructuralist Perspective
Mirzaei, Azizullah; Parhizkar, Reza
TESL-EJ, v25 n1 May 2021
In the poststructuralist view, just as language learners' sense of self-identity impacts their language learning choices, the learners' variable investment in social-cultural-political processes and discourse practices can dynamically influence their identity (re)constructions across time and space. This interpretive case study examined how 2 Iranian EFL learners' identity (re)positioning in a university context might influence their foreign/second language (L2) pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic requestive choices. The employed mixed-method data-collection procedure comprised an identity questionnaire, classroom observations, role plays, stimulated recalls, and diaries. Results indicated that the male learner with an L2-oriented identity was still under the influence of his L1 identity projections in his pragmatic choices. Although his pragmalinguistic choices in the third scenario grew increasingly L2-like, L1 appropriacy preferences still persisted in his pragmatic production. Surprisingly, however, the initially L1-identity female learner progressively demonstrated more openness towards renegotiating a newer L2-inclined social identity and employing more L2-like sociopragmatic norms. Further theoretical or pedagogical implications are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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