Audible Difference ESL and Social Identities in Schools

"This ethnographic study moves beyond SLA perspectives to a broader and more political conception of language use. Through case studies of Asian and European immigrant students, the author shows that language competence develops in tandem with other kinds of social capital. Audible Difference argues that schools have a role to play in maintaining or in challenging discourses of difference. Its stories make for compelling reading for academics, teachers and students interested in language and social context, in identity politics in schooling, and in remaking schools as more equitable places for teaching and learning."--BOOK JACKET.

Jennifer Miller is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Queensland where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the TESOL area, as well as in pre-service teacher education.