This research is a study of the relationship between language acquisition and the status of equity. The history of the Maya people in Guatemala gives strong evidence that their failure to acquire competence in Spanish, which is the national language of their nation, has resulted in their failure to compete in the social, economic, and political…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian women's gendered identities and language learning through the theoretical frameworks of feminist poststructuralism of gender and language, imagined communities, and communities of practice. Additionally, these theoretical constructs were linked to the concepts of agency…

This qualitative study examined, from the perspectives of parents, the barriers that prevent low-socioeconomic families from getting involved in their children's education. Major barriers such as language proficiency, immigration status, living locations, illegal activities in inner-city communities, and the power of the school system were…