In this article I examine how the ‘learning’ of modern languages (in this case mainly French, though also Russian) is constructed differently as, on one hand, a school subject, and, on the other hand, an integral element of interacting in ‘authentic’, or naturalistic, settings. Narrative analysis of participants’ life stories reveals how the two experiences of learning are constructed differently. Furthermore, I argue that defining authenticity only as communication in naturalistic settings can be simplistic given that authenticity denotes any experience which is motivated as genuine in a given context and valued for its own sake, including in the classroom. In the accounts discussed here, school learning is constructed as a pedagogic proce...
This piece is an auto-biographical reflection on my year-long experience creating a new course calle...
Les histoires font partie intégrante de l'existence humaine, elles sont des formes abstraites de la ...
The analysis of autobiographical narratives has recently been cited as extending our understanding o...
In this article I examine how the ‘learning’ of modern languages (in this case mainly French, though...
International audienceIn this article we propose to look at the use of authentic materials in terms ...
This paper encompasses analyses of pedagogical and cultural situations from the perspective of some ...
This historical narrative provides the account of a professional life as a foreign language teacher ...
Discussions of authenticity in L2 classroom discourse treat important linguistic and sociolinguistic...
In philosophy, authenticity has been used with two meanings: one entails the notion of correspondenc...
The MLA Report (2007) accords considerable weight to the role of culture in a transformed approach t...
The author uses an autobiographical approach to reinterpret her memories of being an immigrant and a...
This article reports on a qualitative study that aims to explore on how the notion of imagined commu...
Contemporary notions of literacy understand communication as a culturally, historically, and sociall...
Identity of a language learner has recently achieved an importance of its own in academic considerat...
Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar relatos de experiência produzidos espontaneamente por crianças...
This piece is an auto-biographical reflection on my year-long experience creating a new course calle...
Les histoires font partie intégrante de l'existence humaine, elles sont des formes abstraites de la ...
The analysis of autobiographical narratives has recently been cited as extending our understanding o...
In this article I examine how the ‘learning’ of modern languages (in this case mainly French, though...
International audienceIn this article we propose to look at the use of authentic materials in terms ...
This paper encompasses analyses of pedagogical and cultural situations from the perspective of some ...
This historical narrative provides the account of a professional life as a foreign language teacher ...
Discussions of authenticity in L2 classroom discourse treat important linguistic and sociolinguistic...
In philosophy, authenticity has been used with two meanings: one entails the notion of correspondenc...
The MLA Report (2007) accords considerable weight to the role of culture in a transformed approach t...
The author uses an autobiographical approach to reinterpret her memories of being an immigrant and a...
This article reports on a qualitative study that aims to explore on how the notion of imagined commu...
Contemporary notions of literacy understand communication as a culturally, historically, and sociall...
Identity of a language learner has recently achieved an importance of its own in academic considerat...
Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar relatos de experiência produzidos espontaneamente por crianças...
This piece is an auto-biographical reflection on my year-long experience creating a new course calle...
Les histoires font partie intégrante de l'existence humaine, elles sont des formes abstraites de la ...
The analysis of autobiographical narratives has recently been cited as extending our understanding o...