Academic Discourse Socialization in a Second Language

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Discourse Socialization

scholarly journals Academic Discourse Socialization, Scaler Politics of English, and Racialization in Study Abroad: A Critical Autoethnography

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod Sah
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Adjustment Difficulties ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Discourse Socialization

In this age of rising animosity to newcomers in host societies, study abroad students are often reported to receive maltreatment and discrimination. To this end, I conducted a critical autoethnographic study that responds to the trajectory of my English language learning in the UK and explores my adjustment difficulties and factors such as racialized linguistic discrimination. It also reveals the types of agency that I employed in the process of academic discourse socialization and unpacks causes and processes of renegotiating and reconstructing my identity as a learner and user of the English language. The data for this study was gathered from Facebook posts, written assignment feedback, and my personal narratives and memory. The study reveals that upon finding myself in a community different from what I had imagined prior to my sojourn and with contested power dynamics between local peers and international students in classroom discourse socialization, I became disappointed and stressed and that, in turn, obstructed my learning process. However, my personal investment and agency later led me to develop my own community of practice with those who shared similar linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Meanwhile, I received what seemed to me to be racial discrimination based on my identity as a non-native speaker of English, which was the result of a scaler politics of English and perhaps blatant racism toward a student of a third-world country that saw my use of English as inferior. Therefore, the study invites institutions in host countries to reflect on their language orientation and how it is responsive (not responsive) to newcomers.

Academic Discourse Socialization

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Kobayashi ◽  
Sandra Zappa-Hollman ◽  
Patricia A. Duff
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Discourse Socialization

scholarly journals Academic discourse: Dissociating standardized and conversational measures of language proficiency in bilingual kindergarteners

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHLEEN F. PEETS ◽  
ELLEN BIALYSTOK
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Second Language Proficiency ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThis study examined the relationship between performance on standardized measures of language proficiency and conversational measures of the same features used in academic discourse among 24 monolingual and 25 bilingual kindergarteners. Academic discourse performance was considered for both its linguistic and its genre features in two discourse forms: narrative and explanation. Bilinguals performed more poorly than monolinguals on standardized measures of language proficiency, yet they performed similarly to monolinguals in the discourse-based linguistic and genre features. Moreover, genre features were more strongly related to linguistic features assessed through discourse than to standardized tests of these same features. These findings indicate that standardized measures of language proficiency underrepresent the abilities of bilingual children and that children's second language proficiency may be more accurately reflected in conversation.

Students’ use of asynchronous discussions for academic discourse socialization

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulbahar H. Beckett ◽  
Carla Amaro‐Jiménez ◽  
Kelvin S. Beckett
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Asynchronous Discussions ◽  
Discourse Socialization
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