“The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students
This paper examines contrasting representations of minority language students in a linguistically diverse junior high classroom in an urban area of Western Canada. The majority of the research participants was of Asian heritage, and spoke English as a second language. Drawing on the construct of lea...
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Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada
2011-01-01
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| description | This paper examines contrasting representations of minority language students in a linguistically diverse junior high classroom in an urban area of Western Canada. The majority of the research participants was of Asian heritage, and spoke English as a second language. Drawing on the construct of learner identity, I explore how these minority language learners’ identities affected their experience in school. The study points to hybrid language practices, with particular attention to academic discourse, as a solution to developing English literacy in schools with students from multilingual backgrounds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1081404f30ab49b29e0b3176d73b39b32022-12-21T23:19:05ZengLanguage and Literacy Researchers of CanadaLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal1496-09742011-01-0110210.20360/G2D59B9774“The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language StudentsLynne Wiltse0University of AlbertaThis paper examines contrasting representations of minority language students in a linguistically diverse junior high classroom in an urban area of Western Canada. The majority of the research participants was of Asian heritage, and spoke English as a second language. Drawing on the construct of learner identity, I explore how these minority language learners’ identities affected their experience in school. The study points to hybrid language practices, with particular attention to academic discourse, as a solution to developing English literacy in schools with students from multilingual backgrounds.https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9774minority language studentslearner identitymultilingualhybrid language practices |
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| title | “The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students |
| title_full | “The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students |
| title_fullStr | “The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | “The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students |
| title_short | “The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students |
| title_sort | the in between crowd contrasting representations of minority language students |
| topic | minority language students learner identity multilingual hybrid language practices |
| url | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9774 |
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