TY - GEN
T1 - ESOL and Linguistic Citizenship
T2 - Practical actions amid policy neglect
AU - Rampton, Ben
AU - Cooke, Melanie
AU - Simpson, James
PY - 2023/1/28
Y1 - 2023/1/28
N2 - This paper describes national policy for teaching English to adult migrants in England, and asks what ESOL teaching can do to overcome the fragmentation and hostility it finds, opening up to multilingualism instead. After a historical sketch of recent national ESOL policy, it turns to theories of citizenship, comparing citizenship as legal status with definitions that emphasise agency, and it looks at how these can be materialised in ESOL classrooms. It then considers the theoretical and empirical backing provided by sociolinguistic research, along with practical steps that universities can take to support an idea of linguistic citizenship that prioritises participation and voice.
AB - This paper describes national policy for teaching English to adult migrants in England, and asks what ESOL teaching can do to overcome the fragmentation and hostility it finds, opening up to multilingualism instead. After a historical sketch of recent national ESOL policy, it turns to theories of citizenship, comparing citizenship as legal status with definitions that emphasise agency, and it looks at how these can be materialised in ESOL classrooms. It then considers the theoretical and empirical backing provided by sociolinguistic research, along with practical steps that universities can take to support an idea of linguistic citizenship that prioritises participation and voice.
KW - ESOL
KW - language policy
KW - Linguistic citizenship
KW - adult education
KW - language education
UR - https://www.academia.edu/95831064/ESOL_and_Linguistic_Citizenship_in_England_Practical_actions_amid_policy_neglect_1
M3 - Other contribution
VL - 308
T3 - Working Papers in Urban Languages & Literacies
CY - King's College London
ER -
