ERIC Number: EJ1051656
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 13
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Exploring Elementary Students' Power and Solidarity Relations in an EFL Classroom (Exploración de las relaciones de poder y solidaridad entre estudiantes de primaria en la clase de inglés como lengua extranjera)
Méndez, Tatiana; García, Andrea
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v14 n1 p173-185 Apr 2012
This article derives from a critical discourse analysis study that reports the characteristics of elementary school students' power and solidarity relations in English as a foreign language classroom in Bogotá, Colombia, while we were doing our teaching English as a foreign language practicum. The study was based on theories of power and solidarity. The findings suggest that there are different forms of exercising power and solidarity in the classroom. Power can be resisted, challenged, or exercised by means of reproaches. Solidarity can take the form of taking sides to protect friends. These findings allow us to be aware of the complexities of the English language class.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Empowerment, English (Second Language), Power Structure, Discourse Analysis, Peer Relationship, Group Unity, Friendship, Teacher Student Relationship, Research Methodology, Group Dynamics, Classroom Techniques, Practicums, Grade 5, Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia (Bogota)
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