Changing Participation and Identity in Writing Transition: A Case Study
This study investigates the changing participation and identity in the writing transition of English as a Second Language (ESL) students from secondary school to pre university and to higher education from a sociocultural theory perspective. The data for this study was obtained from interviews, p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UiTM Publisher
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of University Education |
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| Online Access: | https://www.rmc.uitm.edu.my/images/stories/AJUE/vol8-no1/3.pdf |
| Summary: | This study investigates the changing participation and identity in the writing
transition of English as a Second Language (ESL) students from secondary
school to pre university and to higher education from a sociocultural theory
perspective. The data for this study was obtained from interviews, personal
narratives, class observations and samples of students’ essays. The students
were followed for a period of one and a half year. The findings reveal
that in learning to write in the different cultures of writing, the students
participated in different ways as demonstrated by their changing identity
throughout the transition process. The students constantly reinvented their
self or identity in order to participate in the different writing cultures.
Their different participation and identity were attributed to their agency:
personal histories, different motives which influenced their writing. Their
histories also played a role in how well they participated in writing. This
study contributes to the understanding of the learning of writing as a form
of participation in which students have the power, i.e. agency to act and
react in certain ways and the identity they form in writing has a bearing
on their writing success. |
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| ISSN: | 1823-7797 1823-7797 |