ERIC Number: EJ1312380
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Publication Date: 2021-Sep
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A Community Cultural Wealth Analysis of Newcomer Student Writing: Identifying Strengths
Kelly, Laura Beth; Duncan, Taylor; Herrera, Daniela
TESOL Journal, v12 n3 e581 Sep 2021
In this study, the researchers analyzed writing produced by newcomer immigrant and refugee students in a literacy workshop facilitated by visiting college tutors. Fourteen adolescent students, primarily from Central America, worked over a semester with a college partner to read mentor texts about youth immigration experiences, write their own stories, and produce digital presentations of their work. Using the community cultural wealth framework, the researchers analyzed these digital presentations and found examples of aspirational, linguistic, familial, social, navigational, and resistant capital. The authors consider how the examples of capital that students revealed could support educators in knowing their students better and thus planning appropriate instruction for them.
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Writing Evaluation, Immigrants, Refugees, Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Story Telling, Multimedia Materials, Educational Technology, Aspiration, Family (Sociological Unit), Social Capital, Resistance (Psychology), Planning, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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