The emancipation continuum
Analysing the role of Esol in the settlement of immigrants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11166759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Brown (0000-0002-6781-8275, Director of Studies: English Language Unit, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 864-880 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01425692.2021.1908116 |
| OpenAlex | W3164576218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article explores connections between language and the social inclusion of immigrants. It analyses three different models of immigration settlement: assimilation, integration through social capital, and inclusion. It then explores how education - and in particular the teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) - can promote values and develop capacities in immigrant learners that either restrict or promote their ability to flourish as active, included members of society. I present these concepts on a continuum, as a framework that can be applied to analyse the role of ESOL in the settlement of immigrants. This continuum is then applied to the ESOL context in Scotland and reveals that, despite the emancipatory language in Scottish government policy discourse, the impact of ESOL provision is largely limited to the empowerment of individual learners and has little impact on addressing structural inequalities or injustices
Economics · Educational inequality · Emancipation · Empowerment · Immigration · Inclusion (mineral · Inequality · Pedagogy · Political science · Settlement (finance · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching
A New Logic of Emancipation
Title unavailable
Neoliberalism and ELT Coursebook Content
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Immigration, social cohesion and social capital
The positioning of adult learners
Lifelong learning in the age of transnational migration
Migration and communities
The politics of Esol (English for speakers of other languages)
The Role of Ethnic Identification in Distinguishing Between Attitudes Towards Assimilation and Integration of a Minority Racial Group
Not for Profit
Education Reform
Understanding Integration
Agile bodies
Bringing everyone on the same journey
The McDonaldization of Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |