Anagnorisis and Narrative Incorporation: How Significant Incidents Affect Language-Learning Behavior

Autor/in	Pigott, Julian
Titel	Anagnorisis and Narrative Incorporation: How Significant Incidents Affect Language-Learning Behavior
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 9 (2019) 1, S.177-198 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2083-5205
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Learning Motivation; College Students; Attitude Change; Student Behavior; Student Attitudes; World Views; Critical Incidents Method; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Personal Narratives; Grounded Theory; Foreign Countries; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Collegestudent; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; World view; Weltanschauung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Erlebniserzählung; Ausland
Abstract	This paper examines how fleeting experiences exert a disproportionately powerful effect on the language learning motivation and behavior of university students. A thematic analysis of interview data is used to show how "significant incidents" have two principal consequences. The first, "anagnorisis," is an immediate, revelatory change in beliefs about language learning. The second, "narrative incorporation," is a process through which the memory of the incident and/or its anagnorisis becomes a constituent of self-narratives. It is argued that the significant incident is best understood not as an external influence on motivation, but as a component of the learner's worldview. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01