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This autoethnographic account of the author's Japanese as a second language learning trajectory is an important and unique addition to diary studies in SLA and applied linguistics qualitative research circles. In-depth ethnographic details and introspective commentary are skilfully interwoven throughout Simon-Maeda's narrative of her experiences as an American expatriate who arrived in Japan in 1975 - the starting point of her being and becoming a speaker of Japanese. The book joins the recent surge in postmodernist, interdisciplinary approaches to examining language acquisition, and readers are presented with a highly convincing case for using autoethnography to better understand sociolinguistic complexities that are unamenable to quantification of isolated variables. The comprehensive literature review and wide ranging references provide a valuable source of information for researchers, educators, and graduate students concerned with current issues in SLA/applied linguistics, bi/multilingualism, and Japanese as a second language.
- Autor/a Andrea Simon-Maeda
- ISBN13 9781847693617
- ISBN10 184769361X
- Pàgines 166
- Any Edició 2026
- Fecha de publicación 09/05/2026
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Being and Becoming a Speaker of Japanese: An Autoethnographic Account (Alemany, Francès)
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- Andrea Simon-Maeda
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- Multilingual Matters (2026)
- 9781847693617



