Face and Enactment of Identities in the L2 Classroom

by Joshua Alexander Kidd

This book examines student identities as revealed through the pragmatics of face as observed in the context of English L2 classroom interaction between Japanese students and a native speaker teacher. Classroom recordings together with retrospective interviews reveal specific points during learning activities when the students' and their teacher's interpretations of classroom communication deviate from what was intended. This research study is a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783094990
• ISBN13: 9781783094998
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.3"