Rethinking Second Language Learning: Using Intergenerational Community Resources

Published by Multilingual Matters 2016

Rethinking Second Language Learning

Using Intergenerational Community Resources

Edited by: Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783095414

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This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older native speakers of the target language, delivering a number of pedagogical and societal benefits. It introduces a model of language learning for students that can be used for any language or locality.

Author / Editor information

Cordella Marisa :

Marisa Cordella is Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research expertise lies in the areas of discourse analysis (e.g. critical discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics), intercultural and intergenerational communication, teaching methodologies, medical communication and translation studies. She is the author of two books on discourse analysis and medical communication.

Huang Hui :

Hui Huang is Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. Her research interests and publications cover the areas of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics, particularly the teaching of Chinese as a second/heritage language, ICT in language teaching, cross-cultural communication and immigrant identity.

Marisa Cordella is Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research expertise lies in the areas of discourse analysis (e.g. critical discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics), intercultural and intergenerational communication, teaching methodologies, medical communication and translation studies. She is the author of two books on discourse analysis and medical communication.

Hui Huang is Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. Her research interests and publications cover the areas of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics, particularly the teaching of Chinese as a second/heritage language, ICT in language teaching, cross-cultural communication and immigrant identity.

Reviews

One of the challenges for language study and revitalisation has been generational connections: users and learners, speakers and acquirers, cultural insiders and entrants. Few studies have systematically investigated these critical relationships and their effects on learning, identity and community formation. This book is an important instalment in how to validate and benefit from intergenerational community resources, giving meaning and depth to the adjective 'community' or 'heritage' qualifying the noun ‘languages'.

This deeply humane and well-informed study of students learning a new language from older adults of other cultures has broad implications for education, research and social policy. It shows how one human interaction at a time can enrich individuals' development, bring people of different ages and cultural backgrounds into mutually supportive relationships and, ultimately, create an inclusive society.

The project this book presents is a rare and beautiful combination of high-quality inter-disciplinary research coupled with a genuine desire to foster cross-cultural and intergenerational understanding in an innovative model of socially inclusive second language learning.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures and Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Transcription Conventions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
Part 1: Setting the Scene: Many Cultures, Many Opportunities
1. The Immigrant Potential: Multiculturalism, Language Skills and Community Resources Marisa Cordella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Contemporary Intergenerational Relationships Susan Feldman, Harriet Radermacher and Colette Browning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Community Resources on our Doorstep: Language Learning in Action Hui Huang and Marisa Cordella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Part 2: Constructing Identity: The Self-Presentation of Older Native Speakers
4. Taking a Stance: Older Native Speakers with Young Language Learners Marisa Cordella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
5. The Migration Experience and the Ethos of Self Brigitte Lambert and Marisa Cordella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
6. ‘Who Are We?’ Self-Referencing in Chin ese and German Conversations Using the First Person Plural Hui Huang and Yanying Lu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
7. Creating, Maintaining and Challen ging Rapport Across Languages and Age Groups Marisa Cordella and Cecilia Kokubu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
8. ‘I feel very happy that I can contribute to society’: Exploring the Value of the Project for Older People Harriet Radermacher, Colette Browning and Susan Feldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Part 3: Situated Learning: Enhancing the Opportunities for L2 Students
9. Gaining L2 Self-Confidence in Conversations with Native Speakers Hui Huang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
10. Developing Interactional Competence in Dyadic Conversations: Cross-language Evidence Hui Huang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
11. An Innovative Model for Second Language Learning and Social Inclusion Hui Huang, Marisa Cordella, Colette Browning and Ramona Baumgartner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239