ERIC Number: EJ1365189
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
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[Characters Omitted]: Negotiating Masculinities and Intersubjectivities in English Language Learning
Evripidou, Dimitris
Applied Linguistics, v43 n6 p1165-1183 Dec 2022
Post-structuralist theories of language and gender have become increasingly attractive to language learning researchers. However, masculinity, as part of a socially and culturally constructed system, in relation to English language learning has rarely been investigated. The current study examines how male English language learners negotiate their masculine subject positions in an English language classroom in Cyprus and how they negotiate masculine intersubjectivities with the researcher apropos of English. Semi-structured interviews, enriched with descriptions of attitudes, feelings, and incidents, were carried out with five male adolescent Greek Cypriot English language learners. Through Frame Analysis, the findings evince how these language learners challenge their usual linguistic and masculine habitus and how they achieve interesubjectivities through the symbolic powers of English, Cypriot Greek, and Standard Greek.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Greek, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory, Language Research, Gender Differences, Masculinity, Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Student Attitudes, Males, Secondary School Students, Language Usage
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cyprus
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