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Mirhosseini, Seyyed-Abdolhamid; Ghafar Samar, Reza – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2015
Mainstream trends of English language teaching (ELT) are predominantly constructed within the epistemological boundaries shaped by the traditional conceptions of linguistics, learning, and teaching as well as positivist research methodology. What tends to be overshadowed by such conceptions is the underlying foundational belief structure of ELT…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Briscoe, Felecia M.; De Oliver, Miguel – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2012
Informed by Foucault's analytics of power, this critical discourse analysis focuses upon the discursive construction of minority and low-income family identities, primarily using text from interviews of Texas school leaders within the neoliberal context of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Qualitative content analysis was used to discover whether the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Educational Change
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Miller, Elizabeth R. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2009
This article investigates the construction and maintenance of ideologies regarding the legitimacy of English as the dominant language in the United States in interactions involving adult immigrant learners of English. As both the researcher and these students' English as second language (ESL) instructor, I am a participant in the ESL classroom and…
Descriptors: Language Role, Ideology, Native Speakers, Immigrants
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Menard-Warwick, Julia – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2008
Building on previous critical research regarding student resistance to English Language Teaching (ELT), this paper illustrates Chilean high-school English teachers' use of narrative to make sense of ideological challenges from students. While the government of Chile is promoting English in connection with the nation's export-oriented economic…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)