Asian Journal of English Language Teaching .12, 95-119
© 2002 The Chinese University Press

 

EFL Learning and Self-identity Construction: Three Cases of Chinese College English Majors'

Yihong GAO, Yuxia LI, and Weina LI
Peking University

 

This qualitative research report presents three cases of EFL learning and self-identity construction by Chinese college English majors from a social constructivist perspective. It was found that EFL learning played a very important role in the learners' self-identity construction. Unity and consistency was maintained in multiple and changing identities, and learners exercised different degrees of individual agency in the construction of their learning environment and self-identities.


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