"Hay Que Seguir Luchando": Struggles that Shaped English Language Learning of Four Cuban Immigrant Women

Autor/inn/en	Butcher, John S.; Townsend, Jane S.
Titel	"Hay Que Seguir Luchando": Struggles that Shaped English Language Learning of Four Cuban Immigrant Women
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 24 (2011) 7, S.829-856 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2010.509117
Schlagwörter	Females; Focus Groups; Quality of Life; Foreign Countries; Language Skills; Immigrants; English (Second Language); Latin Americans; English Language Learners; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Spouses; Children; Cultural Differences; Family Structure; Acculturation; Parent Child Relationship; Social Mobility; Cuba; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Lebensqualität; Ausland; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ehepartner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kultureller Unterschied; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Akkulturation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Soziale Mobilität; Kuba
Abstract	Newly arrived from Cuba, Angelica, Dora, Marina, and Damaris attempted to negotiate new surroundings and immigrant identities, building a sense of home for themselves and their families. Data from qualitative interviews, classroom observations, and focus group conversations revealed hopes that by acquiring English language skills, they would improve their quality of life in their new country. Struggles included personal factors situated in their pasts in Cuba and their new surrounds in the Miami Cuban exile enclave, contexts that were further complicated by uncertain expectations of new lives in Miami and the overwhelming task of learning a new language at a local adult education center. The women negotiated pressure from spouses, assisted children in Cuba, pondered uncertainties of crossing cultural and linguistic borders, and anticipated eventual acceptance within the greater English-speaking society. The women's individual "luchas" (struggles) and English language learning efforts were tempered by their dreams for their children and themselves. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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