Abstract
in the context of English language learning. The data for the current
study is derived from the interviews with two students, one from China
and the other from Mongolia, in two schools in Melbourne. The study
uses Membership Categorization Analysis to give an account of identity
by examining how categories of English language learner emerge and
shift during the course of the interviews. The categories established by the
participants in the two interviews were constructed around different
attributes belonging to the category of international student. These
emerged as a series of categorical binaries including international
student and local student, language competence and language deficit,
mainstream English and English as an Additional Language (EAL),
and home country and Australia. As the participants took part in the
interview, they moved towards accounts that integrated multiple
viewpoints resulting in dynamically shifting categorisations. Through
these categories, it was also possible to show how students were invited to
display their learning and knowledge of English, and to give accounts of
their English language development.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 7-28 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | TESOL in Context |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2018 |
Keywords
- Membership categorisation analysis
- Identity
- English language learning
- International students
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Category building of international students as language learners in two secondary schools. / Filipi, Anna.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Category building of international students as language learners in two secondary schools
AU - Filipi, Anna
PY - 2018/8
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N2 - This paper reports on a small scale study of category buildingin the context of English language learning. The data for the currentstudy is derived from the interviews with two students, one from Chinaand the other from Mongolia, in two schools in Melbourne. The studyuses Membership Categorization Analysis to give an account of identityby examining how categories of English language learner emerge andshift during the course of the interviews. The categories established by theparticipants in the two interviews were constructed around differentattributes belonging to the category of international student. Theseemerged as a series of categorical binaries including internationalstudent and local student, language competence and language deficit,mainstream English and English as an Additional Language (EAL),and home country and Australia. As the participants took part in theinterview, they moved towards accounts that integrated multipleviewpoints resulting in dynamically shifting categorisations. Throughthese categories, it was also possible to show how students were invited todisplay their learning and knowledge of English, and to give accounts oftheir English language development.
AB - This paper reports on a small scale study of category buildingin the context of English language learning. The data for the currentstudy is derived from the interviews with two students, one from Chinaand the other from Mongolia, in two schools in Melbourne. The studyuses Membership Categorization Analysis to give an account of identityby examining how categories of English language learner emerge andshift during the course of the interviews. The categories established by theparticipants in the two interviews were constructed around differentattributes belonging to the category of international student. Theseemerged as a series of categorical binaries including internationalstudent and local student, language competence and language deficit,mainstream English and English as an Additional Language (EAL),and home country and Australia. As the participants took part in theinterview, they moved towards accounts that integrated multipleviewpoints resulting in dynamically shifting categorisations. Throughthese categories, it was also possible to show how students were invited todisplay their learning and knowledge of English, and to give accounts oftheir English language development.
KW - Membership categorisation analysis
KW - Identity
KW - English language learning
KW - International students
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VL - 27
SP - 7
EP - 28
JO - TESOL in Context
JF - TESOL in Context
SN - 1030-8385
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