The role of cultural capital in enhancing EFL learners’ proficiency: putting Bourdieu to the test

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Pedagogy Culture and Society Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI:10.1080/14681366.2021.2001560

Azz-Eddine Diouani

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article explores the interplay between English language proficiency and social class. First, it discusses flaws in cognitive approaches to English language learning and applied linguistics. It then calls for the cultivation of a more holistic approach to learners’ motivation and language achievement as the product of both micro and macro structures shaping the material worlds of EFL learners. Finally, built on qualitative evidence, the article suggests that while learners’ parents were not involved in assisting their children with English language learning, the cultural objects available within the EFL learners’ home environments seemed to develop their learning and agency significantly.

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文化资本在提高英语学习者熟练程度中的作用:以布迪厄为例

本文探讨了英语语言能力与社会阶层之间的相互作用。首先，它讨论了英语语言学习认知方法和应用语言学的缺陷。然后，它要求培养一种更全面的方法，将学习者的动机和语言成就作为塑造英语学习者物质世界的微观和宏观结构的产物。最后，在定性证据的基础上，本文表明，虽然学习者的父母没有参与帮助他们的孩子学习英语，但在英语学习者的家庭环境中可用的文化对象似乎显著地发展了他们的学习和能动性。

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Pedagogy Culture and Society EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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3.60

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10.00%

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