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Kształtowanie się tożsamości wielopoziomowej w państwach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej po 1989 roku - zagadnienia teoretyczne

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Węgrzyn-Odzioba L.

Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne

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2014

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vol. 14

225-239

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Transformation of the socio-cultural realm in Central and Eastern Europe countries associated with the processes of globalization, as well as European integration, led to revitalize the debate on the dynamics and directions of changes of identity. Besides the categories associated with, so-called, “postmodern identity”, often questioning the very existence of dentity as such, other issues have appeared which indicate multilevel identity, taking into account relationship between European, national and regional identity. On the margin of this debate another and new subplot emerged, which is related to migration from non-European cultures and the possibility of spreading and therefore shaping a new model of European identity.

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Foreign Language Students’ Perceptions of Their Identity

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Piasecka L.

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition

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2019

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vol. 5

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issue 1

93-112

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Foreign language learning innvolves cognitive, affective and social functioning of the persons involved in this experience. As a social practice, it is also related to the learners’ perceptions of their identity, specifically to their language identity which refers to the relationship between one’s sense of self and the language used to communicate. This implies that using a system of communication, the speaker develops a new sense of self that remains in a dynamic relation with other senses of self, based on (an)other language(s) the person knows. Language learners’ identity is no longer defined as fixed and stable but as “complex, contradictory and multifaceted” (Norton 1997, p. 419). It is dynamic because learners enter into various discourses and negotiate their position within different communities of practice. Language both shapes and is shaped by identity of its users. This article discusses how students of English as a foreign language perceive the role of this language in their construction of selves/identity. First, postmodern conceptualisations of identity and identity categories are presented along with their relevance to the field of Second Language Acquisition. Second, selected empirical studies pertaining to adult immigrant contexts, foreign language contexts and study abroad contexts are briefly reported. Then the results of an empirical study on the students’ of English (n=83) perceptions of their identity in the context of foreign language study are introduced. The study revealed that most of the participants realise complex relations between language learning and their identity and are aware of the effects that studying English (as well as other foreign languages) has on them. English gave them new possibilities in life, allowed them to communicate with people worldwide and make friends with them. They have new and interesting prospects for the future. It affected their personality by making them more open-minded and tolerant of otherness. The knowledge of English gives the students power, prestige, and opportunities to live and work in a changing world of complex social relations.

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Miasto – bohater – idea, czyli postmodernistyczne tożsamości w Batman: Arkham City

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Janik J.

Homo Ludens

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2015

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issue 2(8)

33-45

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Artykuł jest próbą zwrócenia uwagi na postmodernistyczne tendencje towarzyszące kreowaniu przestrzeni w grach wideo. Analiza miasta Arkham (Batman: Arkham City, 2011) jako wirtualnego przykładu miasta-idei pozwala na zbadanie, w jaki sposób w jego strukturze manifestują się ponowoczesne mechanizmy tożsamościowe oraz w jaki sposób korespondują one z przestrzenią dzisiejszego miasta. Szczególny nacisk zostaje położony zarówno na podobieństwa warstwy architektoniczno-estetycznej gry i struktur miejskich, jak i na wzajemne oddziaływanie jednostki oraz otaczającego ją środowiska.

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The aim of the article is to present how space in the modern video game is under the significant inf luence of postmodern tendencies. The analysis of Arkham City (Batman: Arkham City, 2011), as an example of a virtual city-idea, allows the author to explore the contemporary identity strategies which are hidden in the city structure. Moreover, the scrutiny of these strategies has been placed in the wider context of the experience of the present-day city. Its emphasis is on not only the aesthetic/architectonic parallels, but also the mutual influence of the individual and his living space.

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Kształtowanie się tożsamości wielopoziomowej w państwach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej po 1989 roku - zagadnienia teoretyczne

Foreign Language Students’ Perceptions of Their Identity

Miasto – bohater – idea, czyli postmodernistyczne tożsamości w Batman: Arkham City