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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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Positioning Proficiency: How Students and Teachers (De)Construct Language Proficiency at School
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Martin-Beltran, Melinda – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2010
This study examines the social construction of proficiency and the discursive practices prevalent in linguistically diverse schools that afford or constrain participation in language learning communities. Drawing from discourse studies, positioning theory and a sociocultural framework, this study analyzed data from audio recordings and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grade 5, Language Proficiency
The Messiness of Language Socialization in Reading Groups: Participation in and Resistance to the Values of Essayist Literacy
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Poole, Deborah – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2008
This paper focuses on the process of literacy socialization in several 5th grade reading groups. Through close analysis of spoken interaction, which centers on a heavily illustrated, non-fiction text, the paper proposes that these reading groups can be seen as complex sites of socialization to the values associated with essayist literacy (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Socialization, Written Language, Interaction