First Languages and identity: Multilingual Learners in the Multilingual Learning Context

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dc.contributor.advisorSterzuk, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorPenner, Cynthia
dc.contributor.committeememberBrogden, Lace Marie
dc.contributor.committeememberMulholland, Valerie
dc.contributor.externalexaminerShin, Hyunjung
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-16T16:51:02Z
dc.date.available2014-05-16T16:51:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-16
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction, University of Regina. viii, 79 l.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative study explores the relationship between multilingual learners’ identities (Norton, 2000; 2010) and their first languages. In this study, an examination of urban Saskatchewan students’ use of first languages in a multilingual classroom was investigated. In addition, the ways in which notions of identity and investment (Norton, 2000) impacted the students’ use of first languages in the classroom was explored. Data were collected from nine multilingual learners, in grades seven and eight, using a questionnaire, interviews and my research journal. The interviews asked about student awareness, attitudes and use of first languages in the multilingual learning context (Lytra & MØller, 2011). The findings indicated that multilingual learners view first languages in a way that impacts their identities. Multilingual learners also invest (Norton, 2000) in first languages in the multilingual learning context and create a community of learners (Denos, Toohey, Neilson, & Waterstone, 2009; Rogoff, Goodman Turkanis, & Bartlett, 2001), where a variety of first languages is used. Some implications for provincial education policy and classroom planning are mentioned.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten
dc.description.peerreviewyesen
dc.identifier.tcnumberTC-SRU-5294
dc.identifier.thesisurlhttp://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/5294/Penner_Cynthia_200284749_MED_C%26I_Fall_2013.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/5294
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Reginaen
dc.subject.lcshNative language
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshMultilingual education--Saskatchewan
dc.subject.lcshLanguage and education--Saskatchewan
dc.subject.lcshSecond language acquisition
dc.titleFirst Languages and identity: Multilingual Learners in the Multilingual Learning Contexten_US
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentFaculty of Educationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculm and Instructionen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Reginaen
thesis.degree.levelMaster'sen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (MEd)en_US
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