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The context of study abroad: affordances and constraints in the development of plurilingual identity

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This study examines study abroad as a context for plurilingual identity development in response to the critique of identity research in applied linguistics, which points to a bias that emphasises user agency and disregards the impact of structural elements. It is based on the analysis of the contextual constraints and affordances for developing plurilingual identity that SA students refer to in their narratives. The analysis shows that structure can be as important a component as agency and that students' representations of the SA context are linked to their pre-SA plurilingual experience and the portrayal of their plurilingual identity.

Source: Language and Intercultural Communication

DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2228284

Authors: María Victoria Soulé, Sanja Marinov Vranješ, Josep M. Cots

Institutions: Cyprus University of Technology, University of Split, Universitat de Lleida

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4384007940

FWCI: 6.844

Cites: 28

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10