La construcción de identidad de estudiantes de inglés desde una perspectiva social y los efectos en su aprendizaje
The Construction of English Learners’ Identity from a Social Perspective and the Effects on their Language Learning Investment
A construção da identidade dos estudantes de inglês desde uma perspectiva social e os efeitos em seu aprendizado
Abstract (en)
This case study examined how a group of seventh graders constructed their language learners’ identity in an EFL classroom at a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. Data related to students’ behaviors and identity were collected through field notes. Also, students’ opinions about their own social status as language learners were collected through a questionnaire and interviews. Data were analyzed in light of Norton’s theory of identity and investment from a social perspective. Findings indicate that participants were reluctant English learners because of several social factors such as their socioeconomic situation, academic and family demands, and the imposition of power relationships in the classroom. Consequently, participants created strategic, unstable, and contradictory English learners’ identities when facing those social conflicts in the classroom while invested poorly in the learning process.Abstract (es)
Este estudio de caso analizó cómo unos estudiantes de séptimo grado construyeron sus identidades como aprendices de inglés de un colegio público de Bogotá, Colombia. Se recogieron da-tos de los comportamientos e identidades de estos aprendices mediante notas de campo y entrevistas. También se reunieron opiniones de los estudiantes sobre su estatus social como aprendices de inglés, mediante un cuestionario y una entrevista. Estos datos fueron analizados a la luz de la teoría de Norton sobre identidad e inversión desde una perspectiva social. Los hallazgos indican que los estudiantes fueron renuentes a aprender inglés a causa de varios factores sociales, incluyendo su situación socioe-conómica, exigencias académicas y familiares y la imposición de relaciones de poder en el salón. Por lo tanto, crearon identidades estratégicas, inestables y contradictorias como aprendices de inglés para enfrentar dichos conflictos sociales, mientras que invirtieron poco en su proceso de aprendizaje.
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