Presentation Information
[SY-34-01]The In-between Language - Exploring Second Language Acquisition through Arts Therapeutic Processes -
*Ayaka Shima (MuzureHippo councelling room(Japan))
Keywords:
English-as second-language,Arts-based autoethnography,Creative Arts Therapy,Authentic self
This research is auto-ethnographic and uses a form of heuristic phenomenological
inquiry to explore how an arts-based research journey has helped me, as an English-as
second-language speaker, to find emotional and empathic connections to English within
myself and encourages the awareness of my language-influenced identities between
different cultures. The research uses arts therapeutic process to identify the cognitive,
psychological, and emotive barriers of my expression of English, to release the stress I
experience when using English as well as to feel the nuances of the English language
more deeply and to stimulate growth and transformation within me as an English-as-a
second-language speaker. This project explores a range of creative modalities and non
verbal expressions in order to express intangible emotions and feelings from my
experiences of speaking English as a second language.
This autoethnographic research examines my emotions, feelings and experiences
as an English-as-a-second-language speaker through layers of expressing, reflecting and
analyzing. The non-linguistic creative experience of this self-focused study can
potentially enhance my cultural competence as an arts therapy trainee working in a
foreign culture. The research could potentially provide insightful, authentic and powerful
research materials for other arts therapists to understand the issues around speaking
English as a second language, and for others who also experience issues from speaking
English as a second language to apply arts therapeutic process in their learning journey.
inquiry to explore how an arts-based research journey has helped me, as an English-as
second-language speaker, to find emotional and empathic connections to English within
myself and encourages the awareness of my language-influenced identities between
different cultures. The research uses arts therapeutic process to identify the cognitive,
psychological, and emotive barriers of my expression of English, to release the stress I
experience when using English as well as to feel the nuances of the English language
more deeply and to stimulate growth and transformation within me as an English-as-a
second-language speaker. This project explores a range of creative modalities and non
verbal expressions in order to express intangible emotions and feelings from my
experiences of speaking English as a second language.
This autoethnographic research examines my emotions, feelings and experiences
as an English-as-a-second-language speaker through layers of expressing, reflecting and
analyzing. The non-linguistic creative experience of this self-focused study can
potentially enhance my cultural competence as an arts therapy trainee working in a
foreign culture. The research could potentially provide insightful, authentic and powerful
research materials for other arts therapists to understand the issues around speaking
English as a second language, and for others who also experience issues from speaking
English as a second language to apply arts therapeutic process in their learning journey.