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Engagement with language: interrogating a construct

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Svalberg, Agneta Marie-Louise·2009·Language Awareness
DOI 10.1080/09658410903197264
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In ‘Language awareness and language learning’ (Svalberg, 2007 Svalberg, A. M.-L. 2007. Language awareness and language learning. Language Teaching, 40(4): 287–308. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) I concluded that the otherwise diverse and multidisciplinary field of language awareness (LA) is given coherence by its focus on engagement with language. I argued that LA is seen as active and not merely as a state of conscious awareness or sensitivity. This paper goes one step further by developing and testing the construct. It discusses what engagement with language might consist of and contrasts with and how it can be identified. Cognitive, social, and affective aspects of engagement, including notions such as attention, autonomy, and agency, are posited. Having arrived at first at a working definition and then an expanded and refined definition, the construct is applied to some classroom and student interview data. Some tentative conclusions about English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students' engagement with language, what motivates, facilitates, and hinders it, are drawn. The main purpose of the paper is, however, to try and determine the usefulness or otherwise of the construct as such, how it relates to other constructs in the literature, and where it might be taken in future research.

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  1. Armstrong, K. and Svalberg, A. M.L. Implementing the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum; subversion and compliance. Paper presented at Interrogating Third Spaces Conference (ITS 2005). University of Leicester, UK.
  2. Swain, M. Languaging, agency and collaboration in second language learning. Plenary address at BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Conference: Language Use, Language Processing and Language Learning. April, University of Southampton, UK.
  3. Willis J., 1992, Advances in spoken discourse, 162

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Authors
Svalberg, A. M.-L.
Affiliations
University of Leicester (GB)
Corresponding author
Svalberg, Agneta Marie-Louise
Venue
Language Awareness
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2009-10-21
Volume
18
Issue
3-4
Pages
242-258
ISSN
  • 0965-8416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-7565
DOI
10.1080/09658410903197264
OpenAlex
W1966123699
Cited by
405
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
31.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Language Awareness (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Second Language Learning and Teaching
Keywords
construct definition, language learning, cognitive engagement, social engagement, emotional engagement, learner autonomy, learner agency, attention, ESL learners, motivation, second language acquisition

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