'Passivity' or 'Potential'?: Teacher responses to learner identity in the low-level ESL classroom

This paper explores some initial findings from a multi-site, classroom-based case study research project into English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy provision to very low-literate adult learners within Australia’s Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP). The aim of the research is to rep...

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Main Author: Sue Ollerhead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2012-05-01
Series:Literacy and Numeracy Studies
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/2620
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spelling doaj-07f0ae506cc24b7fb7f7d275194d57002020-11-25T01:33:42ZengUTS ePRESSLiteracy and Numeracy Studies1441-05591839-29032012-05-0120110.5130/lns.v20i1.26201673'Passivity' or 'Potential'?: Teacher responses to learner identity in the low-level ESL classroomSue Ollerhead0University of New South WalesThis paper explores some initial findings from a multi-site, classroom-based case study research project into English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy provision to very low-literate adult learners within Australia’s Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP). The aim of the research is to report on the researcher’s observations of teachers’ pedagogical practices and to investigate the extent to which they are responsive to learners’ developing and multiple identities. https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/2620
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description This paper explores some initial findings from a multi-site, classroom-based case study research project into English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy provision to very low-literate adult learners within Australia’s Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP). The aim of the research is to report on the researcher’s observations of teachers’ pedagogical practices and to investigate the extent to which they are responsive to learners’ developing and multiple identities.
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