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BL
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1035537
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b789907
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| Main Entry
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Pellegrino Aveni, Valerie A.
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| Title & Author
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Study Abroad and Second Language Use : : Constructing the Self /\ Valerie A. Pellegrino Aveni.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2005.
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1 online resource (200 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511620586
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: 0521827663
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: 9780511620584
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: 9780521827669
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| Notes
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Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011).
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| Contents
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on text conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Language use in a social context -- Language and self -- Defining the self -- Language use and social influence -- Constructing the self in the foreign environment -- The threat of L2 use: risk and anxiety -- Communicative goals -- Self-presentation and goals for second language use -- Types of communicative goals -- Communicative need for L2 use -- Personal responsibility for goal achievement.
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2 The social dance: second language use and the construction of self -- Constructing the self: social hierarchy and social distance -- Social hierarchy -- Status -- Control -- Social distance -- Validation -- Safety -- 3 Learners and their environment: factors affecting self-construction -- Social-environmental cues -- Caretaker behaviors and attitudes -- Persona of others -- Learner-internal cues -- Attitudes toward the self -- Self-comparison -- Predictability of consequences -- The whole picture: interactivity of cues -- 4 Coming into our own: the convergence of real self and ideal self.
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Balancing learner-internal cues and social-environmental stimuli -- Progressive development of internal security -- Improvement of actual or perceived L2 proficiency -- Devaluing potentially negative consequences -- Development of security-protecting strategies -- Conclusion: the self in the second language: implications and next steps -- Appendix 1 Study context and research methodology -- Appendix 2 ACTR study-abroad program participants: 1995 -- 1996 demographic profile -- Appendix 3 Participant profiles -- References -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Language plays an essential role in how we portray our personalities. Through social interaction, others develop a picture of us based on our linguistic cues. However, when we interact in a foreign language and in a new country, limitations in linguistic and cultural knowledge can make self-presentation a more difficult task. This book explores the problems faced by language students embarking on 'study abroad' programmes, spending time in a foreign country and having to interact - and express their personalities - in a second language. Drawing on her extensive work with students, Valerie Pell.
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Foreign study.
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Language and languages-- Study and teaching.
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Self-presentation.
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Foreign study.
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Language and languages-- Study and teaching.
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Self-presentation.
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| Dewey Classification
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418/.0071
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P53 -- P39 2005eb
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