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Dijital Arşivi

A case study of a Turkish English learner in an EFL setting: investment, imagined community, and identity

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dc.contributor Ph.D. Program in Foreign Language Education.
dc.contributor.advisor Bayyurt, Yasemin.
dc.contributor.advisor Nelson, Gayle,
dc.contributor.author Ersin, Pınar.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T13:55:30Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T13:55:30Z
dc.date.issued 2014.
dc.identifier.other FLED 2014 E77 PhD
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/19630
dc.description.abstract The present study investigates the learner identity construction of one particular learner. More specifically, the study aims to examine the relationship between a learner‟s English language learning and her learner identity. The key participant was a 19-year-old learner, Gamze (pseudonym), enrolled in a one-year intensive English language program at a state university in Istanbul, Turkey. Qualitative data sources for this single case study were interviews with the key participant, interviews with the key participant‟s instructors, the key participant‟s language journal, video recordings of the key participant‟s classes, stimulated recall protocols with the key participant and researcher journal. Thematic analysis was applied to the data in order to categorize emerging themes. The analysis revealed that initially the key participant seemed to invest in English language practice in and outside the classroom to become a member of her imagined community. However, her investment appeared to decrease gradually, throughout the semester. Thus, her decreased investment seemed to be reflected in her shifting learner identity construction. In conclusion, Gamze seemed to improve less and slower in the class because there were multiple reasons that kept her from investing enough, which influenced her learner identity along her language learning journey.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2014.
dc.subject.lcsh English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching.
dc.subject.lcsh Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
dc.subject.lcsh Language and culture.
dc.title A case study of a Turkish English learner in an EFL setting: investment, imagined community, and identity
dc.format.pages xii, 111 leaves ;


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