Nuria Polo-Pérez
(Re)constructing imagined identities in language cafés: an ethnographic inquiry
Polo-Pérez, Nuria; Axbey, Harriet; Riddle, Sharon
Authors
Harriet Axbey
Sharon Riddle
Abstract
Despite their growing popularity, language cafés have not received the same research attention as other second or foreign language contexts outside of formal education. Drawing on ethnographic data from a three-year fieldwork conducted in a university language café, this paper aims to draw attention to language cafés as significant social contexts for multilingual identity performance and development. In particular, underpinned by a poststructuralist view of identity, the findings show different ways in which participants (re)construct their imagined multilingual identities in interaction with others in the language café environment, where subject positions are not constrained by institutional roles (e.g. student and teacher).
Citation
Polo-Pérez, N., Axbey, H., & Riddle, S. (2020). (Re)constructing imagined identities in language cafés: an ethnographic inquiry. In Imagining Better Education : Conference Proceedings 2019 (59-70)
Conference Name | Imagining Better Education 2019 |
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Conference Location | Durham |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | Aug 19, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 19, 2020 |
Pages | 59-70 |
Series Title | Imagining Better Education |
Book Title | Imagining Better Education : Conference Proceedings 2019. |
ISBN | 9780907552246 |
Publisher URL | https://www.dur.ac.uk/education/ |
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