Social Networks in Language Learning and Language Teaching

List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Social Network Analysis and its Application in Applied Linguistics, Avary Carhill-Poza and Naomi Kurata Part I: Immigrant Children and Adolescents’ Social Networks in School Settings 2. The Social Networks of Adolescent Emergent Bilinguals in High School, Avary Carhill-Poza 3. Social Networks and Patterns of Participation in Linguistically Heterogeneous Classrooms, Amanda Kibler, Lauren Molloy Elreda, Vonna Hemmler, Alexis Rutt, Sydney Cadogan and Betina Fuentes 4. Social Networks with Purpose: Heritage Language Networks of Practice Among Transnational and Transcultural Japanese Youth in Sydney, Kaya Oriyama Part II: Out-of-Class Social Networks of University Students in Home-Country Settings 5. The Effects of Social Networks on L2 Experiences and Motivation: A Longitudinal Case Study of a University Student of Japanese in Australia, Naomi Kurata 6. Changing Informal Language Learning Networks in a Gulf Arab Community, David M. Palfreyman 7. How Do Social Networks Facilitate Out-of-Class L2 Learning Activities?: Case Studies of Australian and Swedish University Students of Japanese, Miho Inaba Part III: Social Networks in Study Abroad Contexts 8. Implementing Mental Contrasting to Improve English Language Learner Social Networks, Hannah Trimble-Brown, Dan P. Dewey, Vashti Lee and Dennis L. Eggett 9. Developing Friendship or Practicing Japanese? Differential Impacts of Language Pledge on Study Abroad Students, Atsushi Hasegawa 10. Social Network Development and Language Learning in Multilingual Study Abroad Contexts: Case Studies of Japanese Adolescents, Levi Durbidge Concluding Discussion 11. A Social Network Perspective on Language Teaching, Avary Carhill-Poza and Naomi Kurata Index