Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens : Exploring ESOL and Citizenship / Rob Peutrell, Melanie Cooke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooke, Melanie, Editor.

Peutrell, Rob, Editor.

Series:

Language, Mobility and Institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Citizenship--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Citizenship.

Adult education--Great Britain.

Adult education.

Immigrants--Education--Great Britain.

Immigrants.

Language policy--Great Britain.

Language policy.

Language and culture--Great Britain.

Language and culture.

Social integration--Government policy--Great Britain.

Social integration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book addresses the politically charged issue of citizenship and English language learning among adult migrants in the UK. Whilst citizenship learning is inherent in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), the book argues that top-down approaches and externally-designed curricula are not a productive or useful approach. Meaningful citizenship education in adult ESOL is possible, however, if it brings social and political content centre-stage alongside pedagogy which develops the capabilities for active, grassroots, participatory citizenship. The chapters deliver a detailed examination of citizenship and ESOL in the UK. They address a range of community and college-based settings and the needs and circumstances of different groups of ESOL students, including refugees, migrant mothers, job seekers and students with mental health needs. The book draws attention to the crucial role of ESOL teachers as ‘brokers of citizenship’ mediating between national policy and the experiences and needs of adult migrant students. The book links together language pedagogy and citizenship theory with the practical concerns of ESOL teachers and students.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens: An Introduction

1. Policy and Adult Migrant Language Education in the UK

2. Thinking About Citizenship and ESOL

3. ESOL Teachers as Mediators of the Citizenship Testing Regime

4. Steps to Settlement for Refugees: A Case Study

5. Argumentation, Citizenship and the Adult ESOL Classroom

6. Using Participatory Photography in English Classes: Resisting Silence, Resisting Dis-citizenship

7. ‘Our Languages’: Towards Sociolinguistic Citizenship in ESOL

8. Digital Citizenship for Newly Arrived Syrian Refugees through Mobile Technologies

9. Migrant Women, Active Citizens

10. Queering ESOL: Sexual Citizenship in ESOL Classrooms

11. From the Outside in: Gatekeeping the Workplace

Afterword: ESOL, Citizenship and Teacher Professionalism

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781788924641

1788924649

9781788924634

1788924630

OCLC:

1117311483