Gendered Identities and Immigrant Language Learning.
Title:
Gendered Identities and Immigrant Language Learning.
Author:
Menard-Warwick, Julia.
ISBN:
9781847692153
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Series:
Critical Language and Literacy Studies, No. 4 ; v.No. 4
Critical Language and Literacy Studies, No. 4
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Social Context of Immigrant Language Learning -- Chapter 2 Second-Language Learning as Gendered Practice -- Chapter 3 Gendered Narratives of Immigrant Language Learners -- Chapter 4 The Sociohistorical Construction of Parental Involvement in Education -- Chapter 5 Gendered Positioning in ESL Classroom Activities -- Chapter 6 Changing Gender Ideologies in Local Communities -- Chapter 7 (Gendered) Identities and Language Learning: Continuing the Dialogue -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Index.
Abstract:
An ethnographic study that examines how the complexly gendered life histories of immigrant adults shaped their participation in both the English language classroom and the education of their children, within the contemporary sociohistorical context of increasing Latin American immigration to the United States.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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