From a social constructivist perspective, this study explores Chinese EFL learners' identity construction in their engagement with English songs and movies. Analysis of English journals written by 16 first-year En...From a social constructivist perspective, this study explores Chinese EFL learners' identity construction in their engagement with English songs and movies. Analysis of English journals written by 16 first-year English majors from a comprehensive university shows that through investment in various imagined communities (Norton 2001), the learners exercised agency in creating multiple identities beyond the dichotomy between 'target culture' and 'native culture.'展开更多
基金the project"The Social Psychology of English Language Learning by Chinese Students-Alongitudinal study of the first two years in university"the National Grant for Social Sciences in China (projectnumber 05BYY007)
文摘From a social constructivist perspective, this study explores Chinese EFL learners' identity construction in their engagement with English songs and movies. Analysis of English journals written by 16 first-year English majors from a comprehensive university shows that through investment in various imagined communities (Norton 2001), the learners exercised agency in creating multiple identities beyond the dichotomy between 'target culture' and 'native culture.'
