“The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students
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https://doi.org/10.20360/G2D59BKeywords:
minority language students, learner identity, multilingual, hybrid language practicesAbstract
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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2011-01-24
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Wiltse, L. (2011). “The In-between Crowd”: Contrasting Representations of Minority Language Students. Language and Literacy, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.20360/G2D59B
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