The Applied Linguistic Individual - Sociocultural Approaches to Identity, Agency and Autonomy - Phil Benson
4 Individuality, imagination and community in a globalizing world: an Asian EFL perspective
The Applied Linguistic Individual - Sociocultural Approaches to Identity, Agency and Autonomy - Phil Benson
Tomoko Yashima
Kansai University
Description
The first part of the book examines theoretical tensions between the social and the individual in their approaches. In this chapter, the author argues that the idea of participation in imagined communities can help us bridge the gap between acquisition and participation in Asian EFL settings.