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"Quit Talking and Learn English!": Conflicting Language Ideologies in an ESL Classroom
Author(s) -
Olivo Warren
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2003.34.1.50
Subject(s) - ideology , pedagogy , curriculum , ethnography , sociology , english as a second language , language ideology , order (exchange) , mathematics education , psychology , political science , politics , finance , anthropology , law , economics
This article addresses the relationship between educational theory—as manifested in particular ideologies of teaching and learning—and classroom practice. Based on an ethnographic study of English‐as‐a‐second‐language (ESL) learning at a Canadian senior public school, I outline a conflict between two language ideologies that give shape to, and are shaped by, the classroom practices of the ESL teacher, his assistants, and the students. I discuss the implications of this ideological conflict in terms of the opportunities ESL students are given, and that they create for themselves, to practice speaking English. I end by outlining how these findings can be used to shape educational policy as it relates to ESL classroom curricula in order to create a more equitable learning environment for ESL students.