Hellermann-Harris2015

From emcawiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Hellermann-Harris2015
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Hellermann-Harris2015
Author(s) John Hellermann, Kathryn Harris
Title Navigating the language-learning classroom without previous schooling: A case study of Li
Editor(s) Dale A. Koike, Carl S. Blyth
Tag(s) EMCA, L2, Classroom, Teachers, Participation
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2015
Language English
City Amsterdam
Month
Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 49-77
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/ds.27.02hel
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series Dialogue Studies
Howpublished
Book title Dialogue in Multilingual and Multimodal Communities
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

Drawing on understandings of classrooms as communities of practice and using analytic methods including conversation analysis, this paper describes the path of English language learning taken by an adult immigrant to the U.S. (‘Li’) who had no previous experience with formal education. Although standardized assessment measures indicated that Li did not make progress in her language acquisition during the 18 months of data collection, analysis of intensive video recordings of teacher-student and student-student interactions show how Li moves from peripheral to fuller participation as a member of the community of classroom participants and the community of English language users. Findings suggest that ‘participation’ rather than ‘acquisition’ is a more appropriate metaphor for understanding language learning in this situation.

Notes