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This chapter predominantly discusses the ideology of acquiring English that comes with resettling in an English-dominant society. The chapter shows that the participants’ attitudes toward English and English learning lead to frustrations, struggles, and hopes. The data analysis discusses how adults and children ‘talk’ about and ‘do’ things with English differently due to the perceived hierarchy of English and English literacy. Such perceptions are shaped by different ideological factors in their receiving context.
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The form is ‘Application for AHCCC Health Insurance, Cash Assistance/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Nutrition Assistance Benefits, and Tuberculosis Benefits,’ created by the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
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Duran, C.S. (2017). Life, Liberty, and (the Pursuit of) English. In: Language and Literacy in Refugee Families. Language and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58756-5_4
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