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Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction

This paper explores the notion of identity in communities of practice as proposed by Wenger (1998). Drawing on Wenger's theory of identity, I will explore the construction of identity based on the social practices in which the ESL students in this research are engaged in, as a community of pra...

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Main Author: Renganathan, Sumathi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2005
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3481/1/ISLS_Conference_2005.docx
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spelling my.utp.eprints.34812010-12-27T06:32:42Z Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction Renganathan, Sumathi L Education (General) This paper explores the notion of identity in communities of practice as proposed by Wenger (1998). Drawing on Wenger's theory of identity, I will explore the construction of identity based on the social practices in which the ESL students in this research are engaged in, as a community of practice. Therefore, I will explore how the learning and using of English is entwined with the construction of ESL students' social identities. 2005 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/msword http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3481/1/ISLS_Conference_2005.docx Renganathan, Sumathi (2005) Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction. In: The 2005 Conference of the International Society for Language Studies, 18-20 April 2005, Marriott Chateau Champlain, Quebec, Canada. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3481/
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topic L Education (General)
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Renganathan, Sumathi
Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction
description This paper explores the notion of identity in communities of practice as proposed by Wenger (1998). Drawing on Wenger's theory of identity, I will explore the construction of identity based on the social practices in which the ESL students in this research are engaged in, as a community of practice. Therefore, I will explore how the learning and using of English is entwined with the construction of ESL students' social identities.
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author Renganathan, Sumathi
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title Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction
title_short Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction
title_full Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction
title_fullStr Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction
title_full_unstemmed Using English as a Social Practice and Its Relation to Identity Construction
title_sort using english as a social practice and its relation to identity construction
publishDate 2005
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3481/1/ISLS_Conference_2005.docx
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