Working-Class Girls' Construction of Learner Identities and Aspirations through Engagement in Chinese Language Education in Australia

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Wen; Stahl, Garth
Titel	Working-Class Girls' Construction of Learner Identities and Aspirations through Engagement in Chinese Language Education in Australia
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 43 (2022) 6, S.886-898 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Xu, Wen) ORCID (Stahl, Garth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2021.1918061
Schlagwörter	Working Class; Self Concept; Chinese; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Attitudes; Females; Teaching Methods; Decision Making; Social Mobility; Neoliberalism; Educational Experience; Academic Aspiration; Foreign Countries; Disadvantaged; Occupational Aspiration; Elementary School Students; Student Characteristics; Academic Achievement; Personality Traits; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Selbstkonzept; China; Chinesen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachverhalten; Weibliches Geschlecht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Soziale Mobilität; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Bildungserfahrung; Ausland; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Schulleistung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Australien
Abstract	Despite suspicions concerning the global expansion of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) education, the teaching of Chinese is often a mainstay within global citizenship and elite education. With this paradox in mind, the paper draws on theories of classed selfhood and learner identities to explore the possibilities of CFL to influence the learner identities of five working-class girls. Through drawing on their narratives, we glimpse the ways in which the pedagogic practices of CFL inform their understandings of their education and future -- specifically their academic aspirations, career choices, and dreams of wealth. Considering the role of CFL in their lives requires a criticality regarding the neoliberal agenda shaping the educational experiences of young women as well as how they construct their subjectivities in relation to what makes a 'good' student and an 'ideal' citizen. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01