TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lvovich,Natasha
TI  - The multilingual self: an inquiry into language learning 
SN  - 0805823204 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
AV  - P51 .L88 1997
U1  - 418.007 L97 23
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Mahwah, New Jersey, USA
PB  - Lawrence. Erlbaum Associates
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Study and teaching
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 107); Foreword		ix	(4)
Sarah Benesch
Preface		xiii	(6)
Acknowledgments		xix	
CHAPTER 1 My French Self
1	(10)
CHAPTER 2 Confessions of a Synesthete
11	(8)
CHAPTER 3 "Magister of the Game"
19	(4)
CHAPTER 4 Messengers and Mediators
23	(10)
CHAPTER 5 French Connection
33	(6)
CHAPTER 6 Language Acquisition by Stomach
39	(4)
CHAPTER 7 My Italian Self
43	(12)
CHAPTER 8 American Diary
55	(10)
CHAPTER 9 Healing
65	(6)
CHAPTER 10 French Disease
71	(4)
CHAPTER 11 Driver's License
75	(8)
CHAPTER 12 Frank or Pete?
83	(8)
CHAPTER 13 Interculture
91	(8)
CHAPTER 14 Russian as a Second Language
99	(8)
References		107	; CAS; Bachelor of Arts in Communication; CoED; Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English
N2  - This book recounts the personal experiences of a woman who learned three languages (French, Italian, and English) in addition to her native Russian. She learned French as an emotional and intellectual escape from difficult conditions as a Jew in the Soviet Union, then learned Italian in Italy while she and her family waited to gain entrance into the United States. Acquiring English as an immigrant to the United States forced a reckoning with her everyday life in America, when she realized her French persona was a fantasy and she must acculturate to the United States. The very personal account deals with internal struggles and the process of clarifying identity in youth and as an adult, a language teacher, an immigrant, and a language learner
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0709/97006164-d.html
ER  -