From Problem-solving to Celebration: Discovering and Creating Meanings through Literacy.

Weinstein-Shr, Gail

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ERIC Number: EJ427251

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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From Problem-solving to Celebration: Discovering and Creating Meanings through Literacy.

Weinstein-Shr, Gail

TESL Talk, v20 n1 p68-88 1990

Demonstrates ways that a classroom teacher can get a distorted picture of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students and their resources and how viewing literacy in a social context illustrates the way relationships are negotiated. Suggestions are made for teachers to create ESL classrooms where the role of literacy in students' lives can be ascertained. (23 references) (LB)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Ethnography, Hmong People, Immigrants, Literacy, Problem Solving, Second Language Instruction, Social Networks, Student Experience, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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