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Turn Taking In Adult Esol Classroom Interaction: Practices For Interaction In Another Language, John Hellermann
Turn Taking In Adult Esol Classroom Interaction: Practices For Interaction In Another Language, John Hellermann
John Hellermann
In this article, I report on research into practices for turn-taking that adult learners of English used to start their teacher-assigned, task focused dyadic interaction with their peers in an ESOL classroom. I also discuss the implications of this research for instructors. The study was conducted at the National Lab Site for Adult ESOL, known locally as “The Lab School,” funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, US Department of Education, via the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). The Lab School is a partnership between Portland State University (PSU) and Portland Community College (PCC), …
Beyond Guilt: How To Deal With Societal Racism, Lauren N. Nile, Jack C. Straton
Beyond Guilt: How To Deal With Societal Racism, Lauren N. Nile, Jack C. Straton
Jack C. Straton
This article addresses the specific form of racism that we refer to as “societal,” and provides a method of responding to the guilt-based reactions of many European Americans to the subject of racism. We examine the “daily indignities” to which people of color are subjected and the additional hurt they feel when those indignities are either denied or blamed on them. Finally, we provide practical methods for European Americans to engage in micro-revolutionary change, using their invisible privilege to interrupt the small-scale, insidious incidents of injustice that pass before their eyes.