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Valerie Pellegrino Aveni, Study abroad and second language use: Constructing the self

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2007

Jinwei Dong
Jinwei Dong
Affiliation:
Institute for English Language Education, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, 510420 P.R. China, dongjinwei66@yahoo.com.cn
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Abstract

Valerie Pellegrino Aveni, Study abroad and second language use: Constructing the self. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xii, 188. Hb $75, Pb $32.99

Aveni's book is the result of her experiences in Russia as a coordinator and researcher with a cohort of 76 American students in a study abroad program during the 1995–1996 academic year. The volume consists of four chapters and three appendixes. Focusing on the construction of “the self,” Aveni's study examines the social and psychological factors that affect language learners' spontaneous use of a second language (L2) and the ways in which learners exploit and avoid spontaneous speaking opportunities (p. 2).

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Language in Society , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 140 - 141
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2007 Cambridge University Press

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