This research study investigated the learning and use of English by Nepali immigrant women from two theoretical perspectives: investment and translingualism. The research questions addressed what sort of investment the participants were making to learn English and to see how they used different translingual practices to co-construct their identity with both the target language and other transnational communities. Data were collected through questionnaires, observations, interviews, journal writings, and Facebook group chats. The key findings are that the Nepali immigrant women are not only motivated to improve their English but are also highly invested in doing so. They adopt different translingual negotiation strategies for the purpose of ...
This qualitative case study describes the language learning experiences of four South Asian women fr...
v, 112 leaves ; 29 cm.When immigrants move to another country, their success is determined by accept...
dissertationResearch in the field of adult ESL education puts much emphasis on print literacy and cl...
Migrant women, especially married migrant women, are perhaps one of the least discussed groups in th...
Researchers have explored immigrant identity in various contexts, but few studies have examined iden...
In the media, migrant mothers are often portrayed as uneducated, having trouble learning a new langu...
This study seeks to look at the relationship between Generation 1.5 language learners, and the inves...
Migrant women, especially married migrant women, are perhaps one of the least discussed groups in th...
Using a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach, I explore immigrants\u27 individual motivations...
Committee members: Cohen, James; Jeria, Jorge.Advisor: Johnson, Laura Ruth.Includes bibliographical ...
With the ever-increasing demand for English language education around the world comes an increase in...
The languages that we use are a result of our identities and the social contexts and related roles i...
Language learning motivations among immigrants are tied - via language ideologies - to socio-economi...
Following the interpretive qualitative approach, the present study strives to give voice to an immig...
Building on Norton’s (2000) poststructuralist view of identity as a multiple, changing, site of stru...
This qualitative case study describes the language learning experiences of four South Asian women fr...
v, 112 leaves ; 29 cm.When immigrants move to another country, their success is determined by accept...
dissertationResearch in the field of adult ESL education puts much emphasis on print literacy and cl...
Migrant women, especially married migrant women, are perhaps one of the least discussed groups in th...
Researchers have explored immigrant identity in various contexts, but few studies have examined iden...
In the media, migrant mothers are often portrayed as uneducated, having trouble learning a new langu...
This study seeks to look at the relationship between Generation 1.5 language learners, and the inves...
Migrant women, especially married migrant women, are perhaps one of the least discussed groups in th...
Using a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach, I explore immigrants\u27 individual motivations...
Committee members: Cohen, James; Jeria, Jorge.Advisor: Johnson, Laura Ruth.Includes bibliographical ...
With the ever-increasing demand for English language education around the world comes an increase in...
The languages that we use are a result of our identities and the social contexts and related roles i...
Language learning motivations among immigrants are tied - via language ideologies - to socio-economi...
Following the interpretive qualitative approach, the present study strives to give voice to an immig...
Building on Norton’s (2000) poststructuralist view of identity as a multiple, changing, site of stru...
This qualitative case study describes the language learning experiences of four South Asian women fr...
v, 112 leaves ; 29 cm.When immigrants move to another country, their success is determined by accept...
dissertationResearch in the field of adult ESL education puts much emphasis on print literacy and cl...