Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Language, consciousness, and dialogical selves 9
5. Chapter 2. Introducing the participants and the setting of qualitative inquiry 35
6. Chapter 3. Positionings in the second language 49
7. Chapter 4. Gender, language learning, and discursive practices 75
8. Chapter 5. Between the self and the Other 105
9. Chapter 6. Acts of agency in a new language 129
10. Afterword 153
11. Legend of transcription symbols in narrative excerpts 160
12. References 161
13. Index 171