Writers on the Borderlands: Constructing a Bilingual Identity in Southwest Texas

Autor/in	Achugar, Mariana
Titel	Writers on the Borderlands: Constructing a Bilingual Identity in Southwest Texas
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 5 (2006) 2, S.97-122 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
DOI	10.1207/s15327701jlie0502_1
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Bilingual Education; Program Implementation; Graduate Study; Data Analysis; Spanish; Cultural Influences; Social Theories; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Auswertung; Spanisch; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Gesellschaftstheorie
Abstract	In this article I report on a unique tertiary level bilingual graduate program in Southwest Texas where the content as well as the form of implementation are based on an additive model of bilingualism. The analysis focuses on how bilingualism and bilingual professional identity are conceptualized by the participants in this community of practice relating the insiders' views to the sociohistorical and political landscape where the program is developing. The issues of bilingualism and identity are approached from a social perspective on language and learning (Gee, 2002; Halliday, 1978; Lemke, 1995; Wenger, 1998). Through the analysis of data collected by way of naturalistic observations, open-ended interviews, and collection of documents, I explore how this community develops criteria to construct its bilingual identity and how different participants react to this new identity. In the article I show the variety of meanings and orientations to bilingualism and Spanish that participants negotiate in the construction of identities. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10