Extending Research Horizons in Applied Linguistics - Between Interdisciplinarity and Methodological Diversity - Hadrian Aleksander Lankiewicz

Extending Research Horizons in Applied Linguistics - Between Interdisciplinarity and Methodological Diversity - Hadrian Aleksander Lankiewicz

Focus Group Interview on the Ecological Perspective in Language Study: An Insight into Critical Language Awareness of L2 Users with Regard to Translingual Practices of Plurilinguals

Extending Research Horizons in Applied Linguistics - Between Interdisciplinarity and Methodological Diversity - Hadrian Aleksander Lankiewicz

Hadrian Aleksander Lankiewicz [+-]
University of Gdańsk
Hadrian Aleksandr Lankiewicz is the holder of D. Litt. in applied linguistics and PhD in literary studies, and three MA diplomas (in history, English studies and Italian language and culture). He is currently an Associate Professor and the head of the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. His academic interests oscillate between history, American literature and applied linguistics, with the primary focus on language acquisition and foreign language teaching methodology. In recent years, his research has been inspired by the application of an ecological metaphor to the study of language and its learning. Drawing on the concept of multi-competence and political autonomy in the process of language learning, he concentrated on issues of marginalization, empowerment and legitimization in the use of English as a foreign language.

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The aim of this chapter to integrate focus group interview methodology into language research, in particular into the search for the manifestation of critical language awareness (CLA) among plurilinguals. The author confines its study to translingual practices, which are perceived not only as an “instinct” resulting from the knowledge of many language systems by one mind (multi-competence) but are perceived as CLA, empowering them as plurilinguals. The analytical framework for the research invokes the so-called “narrative turn” and the tenets of ecolinguistics, as breaking the rules of the positivist way of conducting linguistic research, which is incompatible with the dogma of the post-modern era. Referring to the concept of interdisciplinarity, the author applies the focus group methodology, derived primarily from social sciences, to the study of applied linguistics and ultimately reflects on its suitability and benefits for the research area.

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Lankiewicz, Hadrian. Focus Group Interview on the Ecological Perspective in Language Study: An Insight into Critical Language Awareness of L2 Users with Regard to Translingual Practices of Plurilinguals. Extending Research Horizons in Applied Linguistics - Between Interdisciplinarity and Methodological Diversity. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 208-250 Sep 2023. ISBN 9781800503649. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=41511. Date accessed: 08 Oct 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.41511. Sep 2023

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