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- Title
Teachers' Discourses on Teaching Students of Elementary School English Literacy Development in Ontario.
- Authors
Brubacher, Katherine
- Abstract
This article explores teachers' discourses on teaching English Literacy Development (ELD) students in mainstream elementary school classrooms through an examination of their philosophies of teaching and reflections on literacy. The findings are based on empirical qualitative data collected from interviews with two English-as-a-second language (ESL)/ELD teachers in two school boards in Ontario. Both participants discussed the importance of developing awareness of and including in classes students' learning and language experiences from outside the formal education system. Challenges perceived in the school communities included the structure of schooling, the demands of the curriculum, the incorporation of students' unwritten first languages, and negative views of ELD students.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language education in elementary schools; ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH teachers; DISCOURSE analysis; ELEMENTARY schools; CLASSROOM activities; LITERACY; EMPIRICAL research
- Publication
TESL Canada Journal / Revue TESL du Canada, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 2, p18
- ISSN
0826-435X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18806/tesl.v30i2.1139