Identity in Language Learning and Teaching

Abstract

Identity in language education and applied linguistics is best understood with reference to changing conceptions of the individual, language, and learning. These changes, in turn, are associated with broader trends in the social sciences, and represent a shift from a predominantly psycholinguistic approach to language education to include a greater focus on sociological and cultural dimensions of language learning (Douglas Fir Group in The Mod Lang J 100:19–47, 2016).