Identity Formation and Collaborative Inquiry: Reading and Writing with Adolescent ESL Students

Bearse, Carol

ISBN 10: 3838313712 / ISBN 13: 9783838313719

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Identity Formation and Collaborative Inquiry: Reading and Writing with Adolescent ESL Students
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838313712
• ISBN 13: 9783838313719
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This study is an ethnographic investigation of a Grade Eight Advanced ESL class conducting research with topics of their own choosing for one academic year. This investigation is a qualitative teacher-research study: an examination of collaborative inquiry in an ESL classroom setting where the majority of the students are Brazilian. Of major interest is the students’ own voices as they become readers and writers, their perceptions of themselves as learners in the reading and writing process in English. The questions that frame this study are: What does the writing process look like in the context of this research class? What does this class look like vis-à-vis the student’s research, literacy, and collaboration? How does ESL writing develop through the research/writing process? The findings of this study have many implications for the teaching of reading and writing to second language learners.

About the Author

Carol Irene Bearse, Ph.D.: Carol has over 30 years experience teaching in U.S. urban public schools. She has published extensively in educational journals, documenting her research with English language learners. She is presently an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Touro College, NY, NY.