Becoming Citizens: Racialized Conceptions of ESL Learners and the Canadian Language Benchmarks

Autor/in	Fleming, Douglas
Titel	Becoming Citizens: Racialized Conceptions of ESL Learners and the Canadian Language Benchmarks
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Education, 33 (2010) 3, S.588-616 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0380-2361
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Benchmarking; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Questionnaires; Immigration; Program Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Migrant Adult Education; Foreign Policy; Racial Discrimination; Social Justice; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fragebogen; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Außenpolitik; Racial bias; Rassismus; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Kanada
Abstract	In this article, I report a qualitative study that sheds light on how adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) are constructing new national identities in the context of the challenges associated with immigration. In particular, I trace how the common threads among their conceptions of citizenship compare with those embedded within official, national assessment, and curriculum documents. Using a broad questionnaire and a focused set of semi-structured interviews at a large ESL site in British Columbia, my research reveals the gaps between the experiences of these immigrants and how these documents construct and position idealized and racialized conceptions of second language learners. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10