Publications

Publication details [#51597]

Achugar, Mariana. 2009. Constructing a Bilingual Professional Identity in a Graduate Classroom. Journal of Language, Identity & Education 8 (2-3) : 65–87.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | classroom conversation | creativity | identity negotiation | writing

Language as a subject

English, American | Spanish, Mexican

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This study shows how attitudinal, dialogic, and intertextual positioning contribute to the construction of various bilingual Spanish-English professional identities in a southwest Texas graduate creative-writing classroom.