{"title":"Becoming Citizens: Racialized Conceptions of ESL Learners and the Canadian Language Benchmarks","authors":"D. Fleming","doi":"10.2307/CANAJEDUCREVUCAN.33.3.588","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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, na tional 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 rev eals 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; Lang ‐ uage Instruction to Newcomers to Canada (LINC); language policy and planning Dans cet article, l’auteur presente une etude de cas qualitative qui permet de mieux com ‐ prendre comment des adultes apprenant l’anglais a titre de langue seconde (ALS) se facon ‐ nent de nouvelles identites nationales dans le cadre des defis associes a l’immigration. L’auteur analyse tout particulierement de quelle maniere les elements communs de leurs conceptions de la citoyennete se comparent a certains des themes des documents de curri ‐ culum et d’evaluation officiels. Reposant sur un vaste questionnaire et une serie ciblee d’entrevues semi ‐ structurees menees dans un grand centre d’ALS en Colombie ‐ Britannique, cette recherche revele les ecarts entre les experiences de ces immigrants et la facon dont ces documents creent et positionnent des conceptions a la fois idealisees et racia ‐ lisees des personnes apprenant une langue seconde. Mots cles : adultes en ALS, identite, immigration, documents d’evaluation et de curricu ‐ lum, entrevues semi ‐ structurees, analyse des ecarts, conceptions racialisees, apprentissage d’une langue, Cours de langue pour les immigrants au Canada (CLIC), politique ‐ et amen ‐ agement linquistiques","PeriodicalId":40063,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/CANAJEDUCREVUCAN.33.3.588","citationCount":"29","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian Journal of Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/CANAJEDUCREVUCAN.33.3.588","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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, na tional 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 rev eals 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; Lang ‐ uage Instruction to Newcomers to Canada (LINC); language policy and planning Dans cet article, l’auteur presente une etude de cas qualitative qui permet de mieux com ‐ prendre comment des adultes apprenant l’anglais a titre de langue seconde (ALS) se facon ‐ nent de nouvelles identites nationales dans le cadre des defis associes a l’immigration. L’auteur analyse tout particulierement de quelle maniere les elements communs de leurs conceptions de la citoyennete se comparent a certains des themes des documents de curri ‐ culum et d’evaluation officiels. Reposant sur un vaste questionnaire et une serie ciblee d’entrevues semi ‐ structurees menees dans un grand centre d’ALS en Colombie ‐ Britannique, cette recherche revele les ecarts entre les experiences de ces immigrants et la facon dont ces documents creent et positionnent des conceptions a la fois idealisees et racia ‐ lisees des personnes apprenant une langue seconde. Mots cles : adultes en ALS, identite, immigration, documents d’evaluation et de curricu ‐ lum, entrevues semi ‐ structurees, analyse des ecarts, conceptions racialisees, apprentissage d’une langue, Cours de langue pour les immigrants au Canada (CLIC), politique ‐ et amen ‐ agement linquistiques
在这篇文章中,我报告了一项定性研究,该研究揭示了成人英语作为第二语言(ESL)学习者如何在与移民相关的挑战背景下构建新的国家认同。特别是,我追踪了他们的公民概念中的共同线索如何与那些嵌入在官方,国家评估和课程文件中的线索进行比较。在不列颠哥伦比亚省的一个大型ESL网站上,我使用了广泛的问卷调查和一组重点的半结构化访谈,我的研究揭示了这些移民经历之间的差距,以及这些文件如何构建和定位理想化和种族化的第二语言学习者概念。关键词:成人ESL;的身份;移民;评估及课程文件;半结构化面试;差距分析;种族主义观念;语言学习;加拿大新移民语言指导(LINC);在一篇文章中,l 'auteur提出了一种方法,即定性的方法,许可的方法,成人学徒的方法,英语的方法,第二语言(ALS)的方法,新的方法,确定的方法,国家的方法,方法,定义协会和移民的方法。L 'auteur分析兜售particulierement de您用莱斯元素communs de他们观念de la citoyennete se comparent某些des主题des文档de curri必经culum et d”officiels。在哥伦比亚-不列颠大学的大型研究中心,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查,研究人员收集了大量的问卷调查。主要课程:成人渐冻症,身份,移民,文件评估和课程,创业半结构,分析技术,概念种族主义,学徒语言,加拿大移民语言课程(CLIC),政治和管理语言
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The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) is a national peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the membership of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. The CJE prioritizes research and scholarly writing that is of relevance to the Canadian education community. The journal is read by scholars worldwide, and aims to represent the valuable contributions that Canadian scholars in education continue to make to the field. The Journal accepts and publishes both French and English articles and book reviews. CJE on occasion also publishes international papers that shed light on shared issues and that include Canadian authors as references.