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Sean Kamperman – Written Communication, 2024
This essay analyzes the rhetorical framing tactics of a group of disability activists to understand how they use key words, topic shifts, and other framing maneuvers to amplify marginalized voices in public debates. Focusing on a town hall meeting and a legislator update meeting between activists and lawmakers, the author uses "stasis"…
Descriptors: Activism, Disabilities, Advocacy, Disadvantaged
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Leckie, Alisa G.; Kaplan, Suzanne E.; Rubinstein-Avila, Eliane – Language Policy, 2013
Several states, including Arizona, have enacted English-only legislation, within the past decade, impacting the schooling of students who are identified as English language learner (ELLS). As a result, ELLS in Arizona are assigned to a prescriptive program--apart from their fluent English-speaking peers--for 4 h a day, during a time "not…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning