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Second Language Learning and Teaching Danuta Gabryś-Barker Dagmara Gałajda Adam Wojtaszek Paweł Zakrajewski Editors Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self Studies in Linguistics and Language Learning Second Language Learning and Teaching Series editor Mirosław Pawlak, Kalisz, Poland About the Series The series brings together volumes dealing with different aspects of learning and teaching second and foreign languages. The titles included are both monographs and edited collections focusing on a variety of topics ranging from the processes underlying second language acquisition, through various aspects of language learningininstructedandnon-instructedsettings,todifferentfacetsoftheteaching process, including syllabus choice, materials design, classroom practices and evaluation. The publications reflect state-of-the-art developments in those areas, they adopt a wide range of theoretical perspectives and follow diverse research paradigms. The intended audience are all those who are interested in naturalistic and classroom second languageacquisition, including researchers, methodologists, curriculum and materials designers, teachers and undergraduate and graduate students undertaking empirical investigations of how second languages are learnt and taught. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10129 ś ł Danuta Gabry -Barker Dagmara Ga ajda (cid:129) ł Adam Wojtaszek Pawe Zakrajewski (cid:129) Editors Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self Studies in Linguistics and Language Learning 123 Editors Danuta Gabryś-Barker AdamWojtaszek Institute of English Institute of English University of Silesia University of Silesia Sosnowiec Sosnowiec Poland Poland Dagmara Gałajda Paweł Zakrajewski Institute of English Institute of English University of Silesia University of Silesia Sosnowiec Sosnowiec Poland Poland ISSN 2193-7648 ISSN 2193-7656 (electronic) Second LanguageLearningandTeaching ISBN978-3-319-56891-1 ISBN978-3-319-56892-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56892-8 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017937269 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG2017 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface Multilingualism, which is one of the most multidimensional and complex of lan- guage phenomena, “is to be understood as the capacity of societies, institutions, groups and individuals to engage on a regular basis in space and time with more than one language in everyday life” (Franceschini, 2009, p. 33). In this volume multilingualismisdiscussed alongside multiculturalismandtheself,asallofthese concepts are interwoven and influence each other. The chapters that constitute this volumeallfocusonlanguagestudies,appliedlinguisticsandlanguagelearningina multilingualand/ormulticulturalcontext.Additionally,thevolumeincludesseveral papers devoted to the notion of the self, which they also explore from the multilingual/multicultural perspective. The present volume consists of twelve chapters grouped in two parts. Part I, focusing on language studies, opens with the chapter “Changing Perceptions of Multiculturalism in the British Public Sphere”, by Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska and Sabina Pogorzelska, on the changing semantic prosody of the term multicul- turalism.Inthenextcontribution,byUrszulaMichalikandIwonaSznicer,various types and functions of humour are identified with reference to the multicultural workingenvironment.Inhischapter,ŁukaszMatuszlooksatverbaltaboosfroma cross-linguistic perspective. The author elaborates on the biological and cultural factors that influence some acts of verbal aggression, language impoliteness and tabooviolation.Byanalysingtheconceptualconstrualoftrouthe,anditssynonym, soth in The Canterbury Tales Agnieszka Wawrzyniak, the author of the next chapter, compares and contrasts Chaucer’s language and culture with those of the present-day English-speaking world. The last chapter in this part of the volume (“ExpressingthePrisonSelf”byAlicjaDziedzic-Rawska)isdevotedtotheroleof prison slang in the construction of prison identity. AllthepapersinPartIIofthevolumediscusslanguagelearningandteachingin amultilingualcontext.ThefirstchapterinthissectionisbyDanutaGabryś-Barker, who provides insight into how metaphors can serve as a tool in researching and understanding the concept of multilingualism. The following two contributions examine the role of the emotions in language learning. The chapter by Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel examines one of the achievement emotions, namely enjoyment, v vi Preface while the chapter by Teresa Maria Włosowicz analyses the relation between stu- dents’emotionalreactionsandtextreceptioninL1,L2andL3.Anotherchapteron the role of emotions in a multilingual setting is that of Anita Żytowicz, who discussesthetopicofchildlanguagebrokeringasaformoflanguagemediationand its influence on identity and perception. While that essay deals more with national identity, the following text, by Iga Maria Lehman and Rob Anderson, focuses on the construct of academic identity. The authors provide a discussion on the con- structionofadisciplinaryselfatthetertiarylevel.Thelasttwochaptersaredevoted specificallytolanguageteaching.ThechapterbyMariaStecinvestigatesthewayin whichculturalcontentisintroducedinteacher’sbooksaccompanyingcoursebooks for young learners. The volume closes with the chapter by Elżbieta Krawczyk-Neifar,whoexplorestheprocessofbilingualteachertraining,withallits strengths and weaknesses. It is hoped that this volume will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in both language studies and applied linguistics viewed from multicultural and mul- tilingualperspectives. This collectioncanalso be ofinterest topractisinglanguage teacherswhowouldliketolearnmoreaboutmultilingualandmulticulturalresearch in the context of a language classroom, and other issues related to the teaching of foreign languages. As editors of the present volume, we believe that the topics explored in the following chapters can offer valuable suggestions, rich inspiration and active encouragement for further research studies in the fields of multilin- gualism and multiculturalism. Sosnowiec, Poland DanutaGabryś-Barker Dagmara Gałajda Adam Wojtaszek Paweł Zakrajewski Reference Franceschini,R.(2009).Thegenesisanddevelopmentofresearchinmultilingualism:Perspectives for future research. In L. Aronin & B. Hufeisen (Eds.), The exploration of multilingualism (pp.27–62).Amsterdam:JohnBenjamins. Acknowledgements The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Prof. Bożena Cetnarowska and Prof. Arkadiusz Rojczyk from the University of Silesia for reviewing this book. Their valuable comments, remarks and suggestions have without doubt greatly enhanced the quality of this collection of chapters. vii Contents Part I Language Studies Changing Perceptions of Multiculturalism in the British Public Sphere.. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 3 Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska and Sabina Pogorzelska The Use of Humor in the Multicultural Working Environment ... .... 19 Urszula Michalik and Iwona Sznicer Taboos and Swearing: Cross-Linguistic Universalities and Peculiarities ... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 33 Łukasz Matusz The Conceptual Construal of ME TROUTHE in the Canterbury Tales: The Juxtaposition of Chaucer’s and Contemporary English Worldviews ... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 49 Agnieszka Wawrzyniak Expressing the Prison Self ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 63 Alicja Dziedzic-Rawska Part II (Multilingual) Language Learning and Teaching New Approaches to Multilingualism Research: Focus on Metaphors and Similes ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 77 Danuta Gabryś-Barker L2 or L3? Foreign Language Enjoyment and Proficiency... ..... .... 97 Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel Emotional Text Reception in L1, L2 and L3, as Exemplified by Excerpts from Louise L. Hay’s Self-Help Book You Can Heal Your Life. .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 113 Teresa Maria Włosowicz ix x Contents Academic Identities and Literacy Practices: A Few Remarks on the Influence of EAP Instruction on the Construction of Disciplinary Identities of Italian Tertiary Students .. .... ..... .... 139 Iga Maria Lehman and Rob Anderson Multicultural Education in English Teacher’s Books for Young Learners .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 153 Maria Stec Bilingual Teacher Training: Failure or Success? A Students’ and Teachers’ Perspective ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 171 Elżbieta Krawczyk-Neifar Language Brokering, Prevalence and Emotions: Evidence from Five Multilingual Polish Teenagers Living in the UK.. ..... .... 185 Anita Żytowicz
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