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Self-narration and agency as interactive achievements: A sociocultural and interactionist analysis of migrant women's stories in a language learning setting
10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.01.003
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210656118301442?via%3Dihub
Muller Mirza
Nathalie
author
Dos Santos Mamed
Marcelo
author
article
2019-06
Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
2210-6561
journal
21
34-47
Migration is commonly seen as disrupting individuals’ sense of continuity and agency. In current research on adult identity development, (self-)narratives are regarded as a means of making sense of self. We combined an interactional methodology with a sociocultural and dialogical perspective to examine collective identity processes at work during self-narration by immigrant women in a learning language setting. Data were gathered throughout an intervention designed to encourage participants to put their personal experiences of migration into words. Verbal interactions were analysed to identify 1) narrative discursive units, 2) agentic relationships in and on the narratives, and 3) processes of narrative co-construction. Results showed that self-narratives arose from dynamic interactions in which participants displayed discursive skills in negotiating status and instructions, supported the cognitive and affective work of narrating in a foreign language, and constructed agency that challenged the poor immigrant woman image. We discuss the contributions of our study in terms of methodology and interventions.
Narration
Teaching-Learning
Social Interactions
FLE
eng
60_published
true
peer-reviewed
University of Lausanne
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