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Transborder Testimonios Of Language Learning And Socialization, Maria Teresa Guevara Beltrán
Transborder Testimonios Of Language Learning And Socialization, Maria Teresa Guevara Beltrán
Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs
This qualitative study utilizes a Chicana/Latina feminist lens and the Latin American tradition of Testimonio to explore Spanish-speaking immigrants’ experiences of migration, language learning and socialization, paying close attention to the ways in which the multilayered intersections of identity, race, class, gender, nationality, language, citizenship and power shape these experiences. In the context of a grassroots English as a Second Language class, testimonios are elicited through multimodal data collection methods, including visual, oral and written forms. Critical perspectives of second language learning and second language socialization research in bilingual contexts provide a multidisciplinary framework for this study, bridging conceptual parallels …