{"pk":36044,"title":"Constructing Identity Through Negotiation for Cambodian Adult English Language Learners in East Oakland","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This study engages with a participatory oral history project that\nexplores 3 themes. First, Cambodian participants included in the\nstudy will narrate from their perspectives how the evolution of\nsocial engagement and identity among African American and\nCambodian refugee communities residing in historically Black\nneighborhoods of Oakland, California, informed their English\nlanguage development. Second, it is the author’s intent through\ndata collected for the study to explore participants’ acquisition of\nEnglish language as a mode of resistance and empowerment for\nCambodian refugees in the US. Finally, in detailing the power of\noral history to bridge generational, linguistic, and global divides,\nthe participants in this study express the importance of learning\nEnglish as an additional language for the promotion and preservation of Cambodian history and tradition. The themes of this\nstudy will be framed by the theories of microagression and critical race theory in relation to English language construction.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Theme Section -  Doing the Identity Work in ESL Learning and Teaching","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4hd3k7ht","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Brad","middle_name":"D.","last_name":"Washington","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of San Francisco","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2016-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36044/galley/26896/download/"}]}