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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Carroll, Sherrie; Motha, Suhanthie; Price, Jeremy N. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2008
In this article, we explore the complex and nebulous terrain between two theoretical concepts, imagined communities (Norton, 2000, 2001), that is, individuals' imagined affiliations with certain groups, and regimes of truth (Foucault, 1980), dominant images inscribed and reinscribed into individual consciousness until they become normative. Using…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Ethnography, English (Second Language), Feminism
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Motha, Suhanthie – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2006
The year-long study that was the context for this article explored the complicated relationship among the shaping of ESOL as a school construct, the historical legacy of colonialism, and the contemporary influence of globalizing forces on the teaching of English worldwide and the lives of multilingual students enrolled in ESOL. In the context of a…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Ethnography, Monolingualism, Minority Groups