Diverse Voices in a Second Language Classroom: Burlesque, Parody and Mimicry.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hirst, Elizabeth
- Source
- Language & Education: An International Journal. 2003, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p174-191. 18p.
- Subject
- *ENGLISH as a foreign language
*STUDENTS
*PERFORMANCE
*LANGUAGE & languages
*LINGUISTICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0950-0782
Competence has been theorised as the appropriation of voices that have audibility and status within specific social contexts. In this study, I employ this approach to examine how students in a second language classroom deploy linguistic and cultural resources to both resist and appropriate aspects of the teacher's voices. A key episode is analysed to show the nuances of students' ventriloquation of diverse voices (not normally associated with traditional classroom talk) to construct a complex social order and shifting strategic identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]