Constructing identities: How two emergent bilinguals create linguistic agency in elementary school

• Published in: Bilingual research journal Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 133 - 149
• Main Author: Collett, Jennifer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 03.04.2018; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: Bilingual education; Bilingual Education Programs; Bilingualism; Classroom Communication; Classroom Techniques; Code Switching (Language); Discourse Analysis; Educational Environment; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Elementary Schools; English (Second Language); English language; Language Dominance; Language Usage; Learning Activities; Limited English Speaking; Linguistic identity; Observation; Second Language Learning; Self Concept; Semi Structured Interviews; Spanish; Spanish language

Emergent bilinguals' engagement and participation with learning is closely connected to the identities they are able to construct in this learning. In this paper, I present a model for understanding how young emergent bilinguals begin to construct identities with language and learning across sc...