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2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 344-346
Author(s):  
Ilkka Lindstedt
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Islamic Conquest ◽  
Islamic Historiography

The Visual Message Board: A closer look at the advisors’ identity construction process

Relay Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 333-358
Author(s):  
Hatice Karaaslan ◽  
Stephanie Lea Howard ◽  
Gamze Güven-Yalçın ◽  
Mümin Şen ◽  
Müge Akgedik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Message Board ◽  
Visual Message ◽  
Training Content ◽  
Personality Features

One’s identity formation process as a learning advisor is inevitably determined or molded by her or his personality features that stand out. It is often these prominent characteristics that dominate her or his understanding of and attitude towards the science and practice of language advising although it is very likely that the formal advisor training content often helps surface relatively dormant qualities as well. In this respect, the focus in this visual message board is how nineteen learning advisors from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Foreign Languages (AYBU-SFL) and one from the Middle East Technical University School of Foreign Languages (METU-SFL) define their advisor selves with reference to their most prominent characteristics as reflected in their end-of-the-course thank you and appreciation cards designed by their trainers.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

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