Prisoners Teaching ESL: A Learning Community among "Language Partners"

Autor/inn/en	Olinger, Andrea; Bishop, Hugh; Cabrales, Jose; Ginsburg, Rebecca; Mapp, Joseph; Mayorga, Orlando; Nava, Erick; Nunez, Elfego; Rosas, Otilio; Slater, Andre; Sorenson, LuAnn; Sosnowski, Jim; Torres, Agustin
Titel	Prisoners Teaching ESL: A Learning Community among "Language Partners"
Quelle	In: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 40 (2012) 1, S.68-83 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6291
Schlagwörter	Correctional Institutions; Criminals; Prosocial Behavior; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Volunteers; Trainers; Limited English Speaking; Tutoring; Tutors; Tutor Training; Community Colleges; Individual Development; Experience; Transformative Learning; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendstrafvollzug; Straftäter; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Freiwilliger; Ausbildungslehrer; Trainer; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Community college; Community College; Individuelle Entwicklung; Erfahrung; Pädagogische Transformation
Abstract	This article features Language Partners, an ESL program offered at the Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security men's prison in central Illinois. The program in which prisoners teach ESL classes, supported by volunteer teacher-trainers, is a learning community with immense and sometimes unforeseen value. The authors discuss reasons for teachers (and learners) to participate in the program, and they illustrate the remarkably collaborative nature of the teaching and learning. They then reveal the unexpected benefits of Language Partners, namely, its effect on relationships with family members and on perceived stereotypes of prisoners. They conclude by reflecting on the program's challenges and accomplishments and consider implications for its wider adoption. (Contains 2 figures and 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10