Transnational migration across different borders often necessitate immigrants learning different languages, values and customs of the receiving country for a ‘successful’ social and economic integration. Available evidence suggests that adult immigrants studying non-academic English as a second or other language (ESOL) worldwide is large and fast-growing. In this chapter, drawing on decolonial perspective, we explore the nuanced racio-linguistic ideologies and Eurocentric linguistic visions underpinning language of teaching adults. In line with Lalage Bown’s pioneering work in Adult Education broadly challenging educational institutions to rethink their curricular and pedagogical practices in such ways to include ‘other’ voices and ways of learning, we argue, for a teaching/learning approach that is culturally responsive to the diverse needs of adult English learners.
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Titolo del capitolo
A Decolonial Perspective on Adult Immigrant English Language Training in the Global North
Autori
Abimbola Abodunrin, Jason Chan, Srabani Maitra
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4.16
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives
Curatori
Maria Slowey, Heribert Hinzen, Michael Omolewa, Michael Osborne
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
324
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0252-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0253-4
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0254-1
Collana
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
ISSN della collana
2704-596X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5781