(Un)Patterning of Adult Education from a Critical Multilingual Literacies Perspective

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Autor/in	McHolme, Lindsay
Titel	(Un)Patterning of Adult Education from a Critical Multilingual Literacies Perspective
Quelle	(2023), (181 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3795-8558-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Adult Education; Critical Literacy; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Books; Clubs; Multilingualism; Summer Programs; Cultural Background; Literacy Education; Childrens Literature; Adolescent Literature; Code Switching (Language); Teaching Methods; Dialogs (Language); Discourse Analysis; Language Usage; Reading Material Selection; Cultural Relevance; Race; Family Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kritisches Lesen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Club; Klub; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sommerkurs; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Diskursanalyse; Sprachgebrauch; Rasse; Abstammung
Abstract	In the United States, adult education for emergent multilingual language learners (EMLL) is governed by the American Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The AEFLA defines literacy as an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in "English." This definition erases the multilingual and multicultural assets that adult EMLLs bring to the classroom (and to society). Furthermore, adult education curricula are designed to prepare adult EMLLs for high school equivalency, postsecondary education, and employment; rarely, if ever does curricula address adult EMLLs as whole people by including the arts, linguistic and cultural pluralism, and global citizenship. To address this problem, I employed an instrumental case study design (Stake, 1995) to explore how adult EMLLs responded to a summer book club that sought to honor their transnational assets and wisdom. To do this, the book club used diverse children's and adolescent literature and incorporated translanguaging pedagogy (Garcia & Wei, 2014) into the literature circle model (Daniels, 2002) as an instructional strategy for promoting critical dialogue (Freire, 2018) among participants. The curriculum objectives for this book club were based on CASAS literary analysis standards that are rarely, if ever, used in adult education classes designed for EMLLs. The critical multilingual literacies framework (Espana & Herrera, 2020) was used alongside critical discourse analysis (Fairclough, 2013) and critical narrative analysis (Souto-Manning, 2014) to juxtapose participants' experiences with English-only ideologies that are prevalent in the US. The findings revealed that adult EMLLs responded positively to a multilingual classroom ecology that promoted translanguaging for meaning making. Participants selected reading materials based on the modality in which they attended the book club, cultural and linguistic relevance, and potential for informal family literacy practices. Even though this book club was designed to be transformative and liberatory, participants reported experiencing both the raciolinguistic chronotopes of anxiety and resistance (Flores et al., 2018). Overall, participants felt that the multilingual ecology of the book club promoted a safe and enjoyable learning environment. Therefore, I argue for an (un)patterning of adult education for EMLLs that defines literacy more broadly than "English" literacy and sets transmigrant and global citizenship goals rather than "American" citizenship goals. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01