Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico

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  • Lesley Newman Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

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Abstract (en)

Angeles Clemente and Michael Higgins is a textured portrait of Oaxacan students enrolled in a university English program (the Centro de Idiomas, or Centro). In it, the authors show us their students’ relationship to widely-accepted notions of English ownership, English-speaker legitimacy, and the global spread of English. It is important that more professionals in the field of applied linguistics examine these relationships. Clemente and Higgins do so from an interdisciplinary, theoretical background without isolating the reader from outside those fields.

Author Biography

Lesley Newman, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Has an MA in TESOL from the University of Arizona. She worked with the faculty of the Universidad Autonomo de Benito Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2012 as a US Fulbright Scholar. She is interested in SLA identity studies and developing critical thinking skills. Currently,she teaches in Danang, Vietnam

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How to Cite

APA

Newman, L. (2013). Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 15(1), 129–131. https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a10

ACM

[1]
Newman, L. 2013. Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal. 15, 1 (Jan. 2013), 129–131. DOI:https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a10.

ACS

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Newman, L. Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico. Colomb. appl. linguist. j 2013, 15, 129-131.

ABNT

NEWMAN, Lesley. Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 1, p. 129–131, 2013. DOI: 10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a10. Disponível em: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/4256. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

Chicago

Newman, Lesley. 2013. “Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 15 (1):129-31. https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a10.

Harvard

Newman, L. (2013) “Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico”, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 15(1), pp. 129–131. doi: 10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a10.

IEEE

[1]
L. Newman, “Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico”, Colomb. appl. linguist. j, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 129–131, Jan. 2013.

MLA

Newman, Lesley. “Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 129-31, doi:10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a10.

Turabian

Newman, Lesley. “Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 129–131. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/4256.

Vancouver

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Newman L. Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narrativ es from Mexico. Colomb. appl. linguist. j [Internet]. 2013 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];15(1):129-31. Available from: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/4256

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