数字化时代中国大学生英语语音习得与认同建构叙事研究

A Narrative Study of Phonological Acquisition and Identity Construction of Chinese College English Learners in the Digitalized Age

本文以Darvin和Norton(2015)新投资模型为理论框架,采取叙事研究法,解析了两位学习者的语音习得与认同建构。结果发现,传统的尊崇本族语者标准的意识形态依然对数字化时代的学习者产生深刻影响,他们在'本族语者一员'想象认同的引导下,依托网络资源投资语音学习,成为英美发音的'忠实模仿者';但数字化为学习者接触ELF社群创造了新空间,且随着语言资本的积累,他们最终打破本族语者标准,成长为ELF使用者。

Taking narrative inquiry as the method,this study investigates two college students’phonological acquisition and identity construction based on Darvin and Norton’s(2015)New Model of Investment.The findings show that traditional learning ideology,i.e.,attachment to native-like accent,was still dominant among learners in the digitalized age.Under the guidance of an imagined identity as members of the native speaker community,the learners invested in their phonological learning and became faithful imitators of English and American accent.However,digitalization supplied new spaces for them to make contact with ELF community,and with the accumulation of linguistic capital,they finally broke the native-speaker standard,and became ELF users.