{"title":"The role of cultural capital in enhancing EFL learners’ proficiency: putting Bourdieu to the test","authors":"Azz-Eddine Diouani","doi":"10.1080/14681366.2021.2001560","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article explores the interplay between English language proficiency and social class. First, it discusses flaws in cognitive approaches to English language learning and applied linguistics. It then calls for the cultivation of a more holistic approach to learners’ motivation and language achievement as the product of both micro and macro structures shaping the material worlds of EFL learners. Finally, built on qualitative evidence, the article suggests that while learners’ parents were not involved in assisting their children with English language learning, the cultural objects available within the EFL learners’ home environments seemed to develop their learning and agency significantly.","PeriodicalId":46617,"journal":{"name":"Pedagogy Culture and Society","volume":"31 1","pages":"1115 - 1132"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pedagogy Culture and Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2021.2001560","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT This article explores the interplay between English language proficiency and social class. First, it discusses flaws in cognitive approaches to English language learning and applied linguistics. It then calls for the cultivation of a more holistic approach to learners’ motivation and language achievement as the product of both micro and macro structures shaping the material worlds of EFL learners. Finally, built on qualitative evidence, the article suggests that while learners’ parents were not involved in assisting their children with English language learning, the cultural objects available within the EFL learners’ home environments seemed to develop their learning and agency significantly.
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Pedagogy, Culture & Society is a fully-refereed international journal that seeks to provide an international forum for pedagogy discussion and debate. The identity of the journal is built on the belief that pedagogy debate has the following features: •Pedagogy debate is not restricted by geographical boundaries: its participants are the international educational community and its proceedings appeal to a worldwide audience. •Pedagogy debate is open and democratic: it is not the preserve of teachers, politicians, academics or administrators but requires open discussion.
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