In this ethnographic study, I contrast the educational experiences of two Central American immigrant women in an English as a second language (ESL) family literacy program in the San Francisco Bay area in 2002. Based on life-history interviews and classroom observations, I argue that these learners ’ second language and literacy development can only be understood within the larger sociopolitical context over time. To this end, I draw on participants ’ life-history narratives to situate their experiences of studying English within the larger social history of immigration in California and within the intergenerational trajectories of education in their families. Specifically, these narratives illustrate participants ’ perspectives on how thei...
In this dissertation study, I investigate macro-level ideologies about language and language learnin...
The purpose of this study was to examine the literacy practices of Latino immigrant families and the...
This two-year photovoice study examines the language learning trajectories of two adult indigenous f...
How do parents in an English as a Second Language class evaluate their learning experience, and what...
dissertationResearch in the field of adult ESL education puts much emphasis on print literacy and cl...
Based on a qualitative study of Latin American adults enrolled in a California Eng-lish as a second ...
The lives of how individuals assimilate into a culture can be fascinating when explored through pers...
Schools are complex social institutions that mediate the experiences of newcomer families in the US....
Schools are complex social institutions that mediate the experiences of newcomer families in the US....
An ethnography studying ESL and the social, cultural and academic assimilation processes of Mexican ...
This twenty-three month ethnographic study seeks to understand how citizenship status impacts the ev...
In California, Latina/o/x youth make up more than half of the 2017-2018 K-12 student population. Whi...
In the United States, the immigrant population explosion has been calling for increasing attention t...
This ten-month ethnographic study examines how four Latina immigrant mothers and their young childre...
textThis dissertation reports on the narrated experiences of nine adult ESL learners enrolled in an ...
In this dissertation study, I investigate macro-level ideologies about language and language learnin...
The purpose of this study was to examine the literacy practices of Latino immigrant families and the...
This two-year photovoice study examines the language learning trajectories of two adult indigenous f...
How do parents in an English as a Second Language class evaluate their learning experience, and what...
dissertationResearch in the field of adult ESL education puts much emphasis on print literacy and cl...
Based on a qualitative study of Latin American adults enrolled in a California Eng-lish as a second ...
The lives of how individuals assimilate into a culture can be fascinating when explored through pers...
Schools are complex social institutions that mediate the experiences of newcomer families in the US....
Schools are complex social institutions that mediate the experiences of newcomer families in the US....
An ethnography studying ESL and the social, cultural and academic assimilation processes of Mexican ...
This twenty-three month ethnographic study seeks to understand how citizenship status impacts the ev...
In California, Latina/o/x youth make up more than half of the 2017-2018 K-12 student population. Whi...
In the United States, the immigrant population explosion has been calling for increasing attention t...
This ten-month ethnographic study examines how four Latina immigrant mothers and their young childre...
textThis dissertation reports on the narrated experiences of nine adult ESL learners enrolled in an ...
In this dissertation study, I investigate macro-level ideologies about language and language learnin...
The purpose of this study was to examine the literacy practices of Latino immigrant families and the...
This two-year photovoice study examines the language learning trajectories of two adult indigenous f...