[Characters Omitted]: Negotiating Masculinities and Intersubjectivities in English Language Learning

Autor/in	Evripidou, Dimitris
Titel	[Characters Omitted]: Negotiating Masculinities and Intersubjectivities in English Language Learning
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 43 (2022) 6, S.1165-1183 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amac028
Schlagwörter	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; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Grieche; Griechisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Sprachenvielfalt; Ausland; Linguistische Theorie; Sprachforschung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Männlichkeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Schülerverhalten; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Sekundarschüler; Sprachgebrauch; Zypern
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01