Bonny Norton
Bonny Norton was born in 1956 in South Africa but her nationality is Canadian. She is a professor at the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She is a world renowned scholar and her main contributions to the field of language learning can be found in the development of her theories of language learning and identity and also in language learning and investment.I started reading some of her work about four or five years ago and she was a great source of inspiration during the time I was doing my Master's. Her work influenced me in such a way that I decided to do my thesis on immigrant learner identity construction in English as a Foreign language. Bonny Norton's work has been key in the field of linguistics and it has also been relevant from a sociocultural perspective because it uncovers complex social and cultural issues that impact the experience of language learning, either positively or negatively.
Identity construction and language learning is a new field here in Chile and Bonny's work speaks to me at a very personal level, and this Friday I will be speaking about immigrant language learner identity in Chile a t RICELT conference and I would like to carry out a doctoral degree on this topic as well.
I think it’s very important her work because one of the biggest problems is to understand the different languages, and her work and theories makes it easier
ResponderBorrarwow, The subject of your thesis, is a rather interesting and controversial subject.
ResponderBorrarI think that her works are so interesting and the subject that you chose is fantastic and maybe have a lot of different opinions!
ResponderBorrarIt is amazing that the work of others can be used to inspire other people's lives, as it happened to you. I think if we see or read something that can be used, we should take advantage of it and use it of the best way to learn about it.
ResponderBorrarShe is a woman who deserves the admiration of the people and I feel that we can learn a lot by studying her work throughout all these years
ResponderBorrarIt is great how this woman impacts on the study of linguistics through your reseach. I think is important to research about people from different countries to improve Chile.
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