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Block, David – Language Teaching Research, 2012
This article explores how class might be brought to the fore as an identity inscription in studies of second language learning, alongside other identity inscriptions such as gender, ethnicity and national identity, which have been the focus of rather more research. It begins by clarifying what is meant by class through a brief discussion of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Research, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Leaks, Rakeda; Stonehill, Robert M. – Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2008
Districts and schools across the country are looking for ways to adequately meet the needs of newcomers, many of whom are not proficient in English when they arrive in the United States. In fact, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Schools and Staffing Survey reports that nearly 4 million, or 8 percent, of the nation's K-12…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Second Language Learning, Educational Change, Immigrants