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Using Cultural Cognition For Learning English: A Mexican Immigrant Family's Perspective, Cherri Louise Brown
Using Cultural Cognition For Learning English: A Mexican Immigrant Family's Perspective, Cherri Louise Brown
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The research problem focused on the 11 million Mexican immigrant families in the United States who speak little or no English. Their stated needs for English literacy, socioeconomic and academic success, and the increasing calls for xenophobic legislation throughout the nation indicated a need to investigate alternative pedagogies to compel positive social change through language fluency. In this case study, Mexican immigrant second-language learners and their descendants were asked how they wanted to learn English and if using native culture as a learning tool would help in achieving their literacy goals. Prior researchers had not asked those questions. Three adults …