Uninvited Guests: The Influence of Teachers' Roles and Pedagogies on the Positioning of English Language Learners in the Regular Classroom

• Published in: American educational research journal Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 495 - 522
• Main Author: Yoon, Bogum
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2008; American Educational Research Association
• Subjects: Adolescents; Case Studies; Classroom Environment; Classroom interaction; Classroom observations; Classrooms; Culture; English (Second Language); English as a second language; English language; English Language Learners; English teachers; Group Dynamics; Immigrant students; Language Acquisition; Language instruction; Language teachers; Learning; Learning Strategies; Linguistics; Mainstreaming; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Participation; Positioning theory; Power; Qualitative research; Roles; Second Language Learning; Student Participation; Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Teaching, Learning, and Human Development; Urban areas; Urban schools; Vocabulary development; bilingual/bicultural; development; teacher education; middle schools; adolescence; qualitative research; mainstreaming

Grounded in positioning theory, this study examined regular classroom teachers' views of their roles with regard to English language learners (ELLs) and the relationship between their teaching approaches and the students' reactions and positioning of themselves in the classroom. Findings s...