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Our preceding discussion of genre raises the question of the identities that language learners are able to assert in online discussion. For some learners, adopting a speaking position appropriate to the genre may involve investing oneself in an L2 identity — an identity in the second/foreign language — that is unfamiliar, uncomfortable, or indeed unimaginable.
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© 2009 Barbara E. Hanna and Juliana de Nooy
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Hanna, B.E., de Nooy, J. (2009). Face Off: Identity in Online Debate. In: Learning Language and Culture via Public Internet Discussion Forums. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230235823_7
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