The multilingual self : an inquiry into language learning / Natasha Lvovich.

By:

Lvovich, Natasha

Mahwah, New Jersey, USA : Lawrence. Erlbaum Associates, 1997Description: xxi, 107 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

0805823204 (pbk. : acidfree paper)

Subject(s):

Language and languages -- Study and teaching

DDC classification:

418.007 L97 23 1997

LOC classification:

P51 .L88 1997

Online resources:

Publisher description

Contents:

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

Summary: 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

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	College Library General Circulation Section	GC	GC 418.007 L97 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	HNU003675

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

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