The book tracks in detail the language development of participants and relates this systematically to individual participants’ social and linguistic experiences and evolving relationship. It shows that language learning is increasingly dependent on students’ own agency and skill and the negotiation of identity in multilingual and lingua franca environments.
Rosamond Mitchell is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton.
Nicole Tracy-Ventura is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of World Languages at the University of South Florida.
Kevin McManus is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Language Learning Research at the University of York.