Understanding Success and Failure in Adult ESL

Superación vs Dropout of Adult English Learners in the US
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80041-239-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 257 g

This book explores the reasons why adult ESL learners drop out of their language classes and suggests explicit strategies for keeping students engaged. The most effective strategies may be personal rather than technical or curricular. Based on a study of a group of Mexican immigrants to the US, the author proposes that superación or ‘self-actualization’ is crucial to understanding the relative success of adult ESL learners. Learners’ decisions to drop out were not hasty or superficial but were based on a commonsense assessment concerning how the class might improve the quality of their lives. Those involved in delivering ESL to adult learners should stress the tangible, practical advantages that accrue with learning English, and at the same time strive to make instruction relevant.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, Taewoong

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: A Broken Car

Chapter 1. Voices Unheard from the Margins

Chapter 2. Theoretical Frameworks

Chapter 3. Adult English Literacy Learners in America and Research Context

Chapter 4. The Six Persistent Learners

Chapter 5. Who They Are: Thematic Identity of the Six Adult English Learners

Chapter 6. What Drives Investment

Chapter 7. What Makes Adult ELs Drop Out

Chapter 8. What Makes Adult ELs Stay

Chapter 9. Discussion

Chapter 10. Implications and Conclusion

References

About the Author

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kim, Taewoong
Taewoong Kim teaches Korean at Washington University in St Louis, USA, having previously taught English and Korean to students of all ages. His research interests include learner identity and investment, and social justice through education.

Taewoong Kim is a lecturer at Washington University in St Louis, USA, having previously taught English and Korean to students of all ages. His research interests include learner identity and investment, computer-assisted language learning, and social justice through education.