忠实的模仿者、正规的发言者、嬉戏的编创者--英语学习者认同典型模式回顾

Faithful Imitator,Legitimate Speaker,and Playful Creator:A Review of English Learners′ Identity Prototypes

在本文中,作者尝试在文献回顾的基础上,概括过去半个世纪学术话语中英语二语认同的典型模式及其变化。20世纪70年代,理想的英语学习者是"忠实的模仿者",其语言使用和文化行为严格以本族语者为模版。从80年代起逐渐取代这一模式的是后殖民的环境下诞生的"正规的发言者",以维护自己群体的语言标准和权利、争取与本族语者的平等地位为目的。在全球化和后现代主义影响加剧的新千年出现了"嬉戏的编创者",以其标新立异的语言混杂方式表达自我。这些演变中的模式各有其特征、相关情境,也各有其重要的局限和困境。全球化背景下的本土英语教育期待新的二语认同典型模式。

Based on a literature review,the author of this paper attempts to conceptualize identity prototypes regarding L2learner/user of English over the past 50years as embedded in academic discourses. Typically in the 1970s,the ideal learner was a faithful imitator whose L2use and cultural conduct were strictly modeled on native speakers.From the 1980sonwards,this was gradually replaced by alegitimate speaker,claiming equal language standards and rights with native speakers.Emerging under the increased influence of globalization and postmodernism in the new millennium is a playful creator,who constructs unconventional hybrid language use for distinct self-expression.These prototypes have their respective characteristics,contexts,and important limitations and constraints.English education in local contexts against the background of globalization calls for new identity prototypes of English learners.