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- Title: Becoming Citizens: Racialized Conceptions of ESL Learners and the Canadian Language Benchmarks (English As Second Language) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Education
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 262 KB
Description
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. Key words: Adult ESL; identity; immigration; assessment and curriculum documents; semi-structured interviews; gap analysis; racialized conceptions; language learning; Language Instruction to Newcomers to Canada (LINC); language policy and planning