tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post2602310321786052685..comments2023-12-08T03:29:25.202-05:00Comments on Adult Literacy @ VCU: Problem-OpeningSusan Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203951366654414340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-31304378887440170962014-04-26T10:49:26.177-04:002014-04-26T10:49:26.177-04:00Thank you, Bob. It does!Thank you, Bob. It does!Rachel Wiltshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233952480694693938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-41203875506942813752014-04-25T08:08:36.772-04:002014-04-25T08:08:36.772-04:00Rachel,
As I promised in class, I wanted to prov...Rachel,<br /> As I promised in class, I wanted to provide you a reference or comment from the Reading Work book that might be helpful in your analysis of the "exclusionary language" you mentioned in your blog, e.g. "One other theme that I came across in my interviews that I didn't have the chance to mention in my presentation was the idea of exclusionary language."<br /> <br />On page 120 of Reading Work book is the following statement: "Attributes of the 'ideal discourse' had little meaning and little immediate relevance in their everyday work lives. That included the language of the quality documents. It was the language of another culture, opaque, and without resonance for them. Although they worked in the same hotel, their lived experiences were in different cultures and discourses." (Belfiore, et al., 2004, p. 120)<br /><br />I see some similarities between the language issue associated with the hotel's quality documents and the language issue associated with the ELP admissions application. <br /><br />I hope this helps. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-27464862583765092192014-04-20T09:34:20.954-04:002014-04-20T09:34:20.954-04:00Rachel, I can also appreciate the feeling of havin...Rachel, I can also appreciate the feeling of having so information and not knowing how to tackle the paper. I had a similar struggle with the presentation. I went broad with my presentation and now I'm going to go deep on just a few of the topics for my paper (Dr. Muth's advice to me after class). So, perhaps you can do the same? Pick just two (or three) themes from your research and really explore them. I'm sure the theoretical framework will just magically appear. :)Jen Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13612113395745319284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-72290140879218260352014-04-19T13:24:43.060-04:002014-04-19T13:24:43.060-04:00Hi Rachel-
You and Carol did a nice job with your...Hi Rachel-<br /><br />You and Carol did a nice job with your presentation and I appreciated how well you both explained the context of your project and relative positionality. I’ve been working on the presentation and paper simultaneously and initially felt a little overwhelmed with how to synthesize and organize everything into a logical flow but what helped me was thinking about overarching macro themes- maybe yours would be relational power or cross-cultural communication? -and then drilling down to more of the micro or localized voice of the student workers and their experiences. Once I had a structure for my themes it was easier to match the readings with my findings. I’m sure there are numerous ways to organize so it feels more manageable but I’m pretty sure 5 pages will still be a minimum :)<br />Also, I think your post helped me get closer to the answer I posed in mine...maybe she’s brokering the language instead of code-switching. Thanks!<br />ldlaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637365921359901426noreply@blogger.com