Sojourners Navigating Structural Constraints: International Student Spouses Learning English in an Informal Centre

Autor/inn/en	Elfeel, Soha; Bailey, Lucy E.
Titel	Sojourners Navigating Structural Constraints: International Student Spouses Learning English in an Informal Centre
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 32 (2020) 8, S.1034-1052 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2018.1547371
Schlagwörter	Females; Spouses; Graduate Students; Study Abroad; Literacy; Informal Education; Gender Differences; Second Language Learning; Cultural Differences; Personal Autonomy; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Isolation; Social Capital; Mobility; Community Centers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; State Universities; Professional Development; Daily Living Skills; Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ehepartner; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kultureller Unterschied; Individuelle Autonomie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Soziale Isolation; Sozialkapital; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Staatliche Universität; Alltagsfertigkeit
Abstract	Women accompanying their husbands to pursue graduate degrees abroad inhabit complex social locations that have economic, social, and personal implications. This paper draws from a broader study of literacy practices in an informal university centre to focus on the gendered structural constraints and experiences of sojourners to the United States, who as 'good spouses' accompany their husbands to pursue the educational promise of the Global North, leaving their native languages, cultures, social networks, and occupations behind. Some spouses experience a psychic, temporal, and geographic state of 'idleness' as they wait for their husbands to fulfil educational and professional commitments. Informal educational centres serve as vital generative spaces of possibility and comfort to cultivate agency and community through social interaction and language learning. Yet such potential operates only within constraints, as sojourners' mobility and hopes remain linked to their position as dependents and their lack of social capital in the host country. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01