The context of study abroad: affordances and constraints in the development of plurilingual identity

This study examines study abroad as a context for plurilingual identity development in response to the critique of identity research in applied linguistics, which points to a bias that emphasises user agency and disregards the impact of structural elements. It is based on the analysis of the context...

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Autores: Soulé, María Victoria, Marinov Vranješ, Sanja, Cots Caimons, Josep Maria
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/464672
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2023.2228284
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/464672
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Agency
Structure
Context
Plurilingual identity
Mobile students
Descrição
Resumo:This study examines study abroad as a context for plurilingual identity development in response to the critique of identity research in applied linguistics, which points to a bias that emphasises user agency and disregards the impact of structural elements. It is based on the analysis of the contextual constraints and affordances for developing plurilingual identity that SA students refer to in their narratives. The analysis shows that structure can be as important a component as agency and that students' representations of the SA context are linked to their pre-SA plurilingual experience and the portrayal of their plurilingual identity.