Author Archives: Chiedozie Michael Uhuegbu
Migration and Otherness in SLA
My Vlog discusses the notion of migration from a literary point of view before diving into migration and how it exists in SLA. I argue that Otherness happens in the Language Classroom. See the link Migration and Otherness in SLA … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography on Spielmann and Radnofsky’s Learning language under tension
Spielmann, G., & Radnofsky, M. L. (2001). Learning language under tension: New directions from a qualitative study. The Modern Language Journal, 85(2), 259-278. Relying on the findings from a 7-weeks intensive beginners’ class in the summer French school of Middlebury college, this … Continue reading
Peirce, B. N. (1995). Social identity, investment, and language learning. TESOL quarterly, 29(1), 9-31.
In her article, Peirce argues that second language acquisition theorists have not adequately researched on the relationship between language learner and the social world. The author explains that power relation is involved in the relationship between language learners and target … Continue reading
Csizér, K., and Dörnyei, Z. (2005) Language learners’ motivational profiles and their motivated learning behavior. Language Learning, 55, 613–59.
Csizér and Dörnyei’s article described learner’s motivational profiles through the cluster statistical procedure. Distributing questionnaires, their study applied the cluster method which is mainly used in differentiating learners’ profiles. The analysis helped in identifying “within a given sample certain subgroups—or clusters—of … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography on Selinker’s Interlanguage (1972)
Selinker, L. (1972) Interlanguage. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 10, 219–31. In his article on interlanguage, Selinker focused on the relevant factor found in the acquisition of the second language through a comparison of three linguistic systems, the student’s mother … Continue reading