Colloquium: Bonny Norton
On Identity and Investment in Language Learning
| What | Colloquium |
|---|---|
| When |
2008-10-22 03:10 PM
2008-10-22 04:30 PM
October 22, 2008 from 03:10 pm to 04:30 pm |
| Where | 53A Olson Hall |
| Contact Name | Beatriz Wilgohs |
| Contact Email | bwillgohs@ucdavis.edu |
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In recent years, there has been increasing research on the relationship
between identity and language learning, and the way language learning
is influenced by institutional and community practices in diverse sites
of power. This presentation traces the trajectory of my research on
second language identity, focusing on debates on investment, imagined
communities, and educational change. Data is drawn from research in
both Canada and Uganda. A range of relevant publications can be found
on my website.
Dr. Bonny
Norton is Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the
Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British
Columbia, Canada. She is also Honorary Professor at the University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at
Kings College, University of London. Her award-winning research
addresses identity and language learning, education and international
development, and critical literacy. Recent publications include Identity and Language Learning (Longman/Pearson, 2000); Critical
Pedagogies and Language Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2004, w.
K. Toohey); and Gender and English Language Learners (TESOL, 2004, w.
A. Pavlenko). In 2003, she was awarded a UBC Killam Prize for
Excellence in Teaching, and in 2007 a UBC Killam Prize for Excellence
in Research.
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