{"product_id":"9781847696168","title":"The Social Construction of Age: Adult Foreign Language Learners","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the social construction of age in the context of EFL in Mexico. It is the first book to address the age factor in SLA from a social perspective. Based on research carried out at a public university in Mexico, it investigates how adults of different ages experience learning a new language and how they enact their age identities as language learners. By approaching the topic from a social constructionist perspective and in light of recent work in sociolinguistics and cultural studies, it broadens the current second language acquisition focus on age as a fixed biological or chronological variable to encompass its social dimensions. What emerges is a more complex and nuanced understanding of age as it intersects with language learning in a way that links it fundamentally to other social phenomena, such as gender, ethnicity and social class.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Multilingual Matters Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131803943152,"sku":"9781847696168","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847696168_p0.jpg?v=1769893980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847696168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}