Critical Discourse Analysis: The Impact the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test has on ESL Teachers’ Teaching Practices and Work Environments

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dc.contributor.advisorGereluk, Dianne
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Sukhdaiyal
dc.contributor.committeememberAbbott, Marilyn
dc.contributor.committeememberJacobsen, Michele
dc.contributor.committeememberSpencer, Brenda
dc.contributor.committeememberO'Brien, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-28T21:01:22Z
dc.date.available2016-09-28T21:01:22Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThe Ontario Ministry of Education has implemented the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) as a means to assess whether students have mastered basic literacy at the grade 9 level. Much research has focused on the process of language acquisition and the impact standardized testing has on English language learners (ELLs). The domain of inquiry for this thesis is the way in which the OSSLT impacts teachers’ decisions as they prepare ELLs for the OSSLT, as well as how the privileging of knowledge influences teachers’ curricular practices and work environment. In this thesis, I draw upon critical discourse analysis to consider how issues of (a) power and dominance, (b) discourse access, (c) social cognition, and (d) discourse structure are at play for teachers when preparing ELLs for the OSSLT.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSingh, S. (2016). Critical Discourse Analysis: The Impact the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test has on ESL Teachers’ Teaching Practices and Work Environments (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25488en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25488
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3341
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Curriculum and Instruction
dc.subject.classificationOntario Secondary School Testen_US
dc.subject.classificationEnglish Language Learnersen_US
dc.subject.classificationStandardized Testen_US
dc.subject.classificationEnglish as a Second Languageen_US
dc.subject.classificationCultural Test Biasen_US
dc.titleCritical Discourse Analysis: The Impact the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test has on ESL Teachers’ Teaching Practices and Work Environments
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education (EdD)
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