Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language
Learning additional languages is an experience and a process influenced by numerous aspects. This article presents a qualitative case study focused on the aspects influencing the investment of seven learners of English as an additional language, all of whom are pre-service teachers pursuing bachelo...
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
2024-08-01
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| author | Pedro Felipe Ortega Prieto Maria Angelica Hernandez Vargas Jean Kaya Alba Olaya Leon |
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Learning additional languages is an experience and a process influenced by numerous aspects. This article presents a qualitative case study focused on the aspects influencing the investment of seven learners of English as an additional language, all of whom are pre-service teachers pursuing bachelor’s degrees in English education. The data under consideration is part of a larger intervention-based action research study that explored the language learning experiences of twenty pre-service teachers enrolled in a teacher preparation program at a public university in Colombia. The study is grounded in Darvin
and Norton’s (2015) concept of investment and highlights the significance of communities of practice (Wenger, 2011). We analyzed open-ended interviews using Saldaña’s (2016) coding framework. The findings suggested that the investment of additional language learners can be influenced by their teachers’ pedagogical practices, the learning communities created by teachers, and the learners’ own imagined selves or identities. We discussed the implications of these findings for language teachers, language centers or institutes, and teacher education programs.
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| spelling | doaj-art-732ce9c3d8c14981ab7915d6d0ff3b412024-11-28T13:14:30ZengUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasColombian Applied Linguistics Journal0123-46412248-70852024-08-0126210.14483/22487085.21210Investment in Learning English as an Additional LanguagePedro Felipe Ortega Prieto0Maria Angelica Hernandez Vargas1Jean Kaya2Alba Olaya Leonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7401-7417Universidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasUniversity of Windsor Learning additional languages is an experience and a process influenced by numerous aspects. This article presents a qualitative case study focused on the aspects influencing the investment of seven learners of English as an additional language, all of whom are pre-service teachers pursuing bachelor’s degrees in English education. The data under consideration is part of a larger intervention-based action research study that explored the language learning experiences of twenty pre-service teachers enrolled in a teacher preparation program at a public university in Colombia. The study is grounded in Darvin and Norton’s (2015) concept of investment and highlights the significance of communities of practice (Wenger, 2011). We analyzed open-ended interviews using Saldaña’s (2016) coding framework. The findings suggested that the investment of additional language learners can be influenced by their teachers’ pedagogical practices, the learning communities created by teachers, and the learners’ own imagined selves or identities. We discussed the implications of these findings for language teachers, language centers or institutes, and teacher education programs. https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/21210Investmentadditional language learningcommunities of learnerspre-service teachers identity |
| spellingShingle | Pedro Felipe Ortega Prieto Maria Angelica Hernandez Vargas Jean Kaya Alba Olaya Leon Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal Investment additional language learning communities of learners pre-service teachers identity |
| title | Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language |
| title_full | Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language |
| title_fullStr | Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language |
| title_short | Investment in Learning English as an Additional Language |
| title_sort | investment in learning english as an additional language |
| topic | Investment additional language learning communities of learners pre-service teachers identity |
| url | https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/21210 |
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