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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450245903321

Autore

Day Elaine Mellen

Titolo

Identity and the English language learner [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Hari / / Elaine Mellen Day

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Buffalo, N.Y., : Multilingual Matters, 2002

ISBN

1-85359-599-3

1-280-82807-2

9786610828074

9781853595992

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Collana

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; ; 36

Disciplina

428/.0071

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

English language - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects

English language - Study and teaching - Panjabi speakers

English language - Study and teaching - Canada

Identity (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theory and Literature -- Chapter 3. Methodology -- Chapter 4. Hari: His School, Teacher and Classroom and Language at Home and at School -- Chapter 5. Hari and his Classmates -- Chapter 6. Hari and Casey, a Newcomer -- Chapter 7. Hari and his Teacher -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Transcription Conventions -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This longitudinal, ethnographic case study examines the language socialization experiences of Hari, a Punjabi-speaking English language learner integrated in a mainstream kindergarten classroom in an urban area of British Columbia, Canada. The study uses sociocultural and critical/poststructural theoretical perspectives to explore the intimate connection between learning, identity and social membership in Hari's learning path. The book highlights the political and affective dynamics



of classroom relationships and their unconscious as well as conscious dimensions and should be of interest to all researchers, students, and educators involved with minority language children in educational contexts.