https://padlet.com/xl30011/k49b56i4pyz6y7jc Norton (2010); Bucholtz & Hall (2004) en-us 2021-03-14 09:59:53 UTC 2021-03-14 10:49:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f929.png xl30011 https://padlet.com/xl30011/k49b56i4pyz6y7jc/wish/1306851305 It's quite interesting that Norton views language as a social practice rather than the linguistic system. I have learned so many linguistic characteristics about language, but there are few chances for me to really know the social aspect of language. 
I really like how Norton (2010) describes the relationship between identity and investment, and most importantly, she points out the key idea here, which is the "unequal relations of power between language learners and target language speakers." This concept explains why high motivation does not equal high investment. Despite being highly motivated in language learning, some students may still avoid speaking their target languages in public because they are afraid of being laughed at. 
As teachers, we have to take identity into considerations and cannot simply position "quiet" students as "unmotivated" language learners. I think one-to-one conversations are efficient in reducing students' anxiety in speaker target languages and let them know it is fine to make mistakes and nobody will judge them in the classroom. 
I mentioned the relationship between feminism and multicultural education in our group's Padlet, and Norton also has the concept of feminism in her article, so maybe I can cite her ideas in my posts. ]]> 2021-03-14 10:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/xl30011/k49b56i4pyz6y7jc/wish/1306851305 xl30011 https://padlet.com/xl30011/k49b56i4pyz6y7jc/wish/1306851973 2021-03-14 10:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/xl30011/k49b56i4pyz6y7jc/wish/1306851973