Second language identity in study abroad:Developing a visual narrative approach

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370592
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Umino Tae 東京外国語大学, 大学院国際日本学研究院, 教授 (00251562)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 第二言語習得 / アイデンティティ / ライフストーリー / 映像ナラティブ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to understand second language identities from situated learning perspective through the analysis of photographs along with life-story interviews and generate insight into the use of photographs for narrative research. We analyzed activities and subjects appearing in the photographs of long-term study abroad learners along with their narratives. Through comparative case studies, we considered how learners’ participation in target-language-mediated communities of practice affect their second language identity construction.

Free Research Field

応用言語学