Learner Portraits - Jing - Identity As A Scholar

Jing - Identity As A Scholar

Jing's history and his interactions with others in the classroom co-constructed one local identity for him of an older, learned person. In the classroom, Jing was seen as a resource for English language and other knowledge and peers came to him with questions, in Chinese and in English.

In an interaction from his second week of classes at the Lab School, we see Jing's identity as the older scholar begin to be established in a discussion with Cantonese-speaking peers during the class break. In this interaction, students talked about how old they were. Jing assured Jin (a woman in her 40s who had expressed exasperation over slow learning) that she was not old and that she need not worry about her studies. After this compliment and encouragement by Jing, Jin praised Jing saying that he was a very diligent and talented student. They talked about Jing's background, that he came from Beijing, studied and graduated in Beijing. Jing, however, he felt that he hadn't done anything since he came to the US (just two months previously) saying that he wants to start learning again (Click to View).

A week later during class, in an interaction with the teacher in English, Jin and the teacher position Jing as a scholar of some status by co-constructing Jing as a teacher and student at the number one college in China. In this clip, Jin is talking with the teacher (Te) and Inez. Jing is in the background at another table ( (Click to View).

On the same day, about twenty minutes later during the class break, Jin (wearing red and sitting in the middle of the classroom) asks Ana "where are you from". Ana tells her she is from Puerto Rico. Jin and Abby (another speaker of Chinese) don't understand the response and Jin asks Jing to help her understand (we can see Jin tap Jing on the shoulder). Jing has been walking around the classroom and in previous classes has spent time looking at the maps on the walls of the classroom. Jing helps the other students understand 'Puerto Rico' by pointing to the map of the US and then walking back and locating it on a map to show the students (Click to View). He explains (in English) that Puerto Rico is located to the east of Cuba.

Jing then shows students where Puerto Rico is on another map hanging on another wall of the classroom (a map of the world) (Click to View).

(503)-725-8772 labschool@pdx.edu
Home Overview Learner Portraits Immigrant-learner identity: Theory Project Methods Themes-Conclusions
Abby \| Arcadia \| Fuquin \| Guangli \| Imanuel \| Inez \| Jing \| Jorge \| Larissa \| Liang \| Mai \| Nina \| Quyen \| Valerio
Jing Personal Bio Family Identity As A Scholar Formal Education Language And Culture Self Assessment Time Line Jing - Identity As A Scholar Jing's history and his interactions with others in the classroom co-constructed one local identity for him of an older, learned person. In the classroom, Jing was seen as a resource for English language and other knowledge and peers came to him with questions, in Chinese and in English. In an interaction from his second week of classes at the Lab School, we see Jing's identity as the older scholar begin to be established in a discussion with Cantonese-speaking peers during the class break. In this interaction, students talked about how old they were. Jing assured Jin (a woman in her 40s who had expressed exasperation over slow learning) that she was not old and that she need not worry about her studies. After this compliment and encouragement by Jing, Jin praised Jing saying that he was a very diligent and talented student. They talked about Jing's background, that he came from Beijing, studied and graduated in Beijing. Jing, however, he felt that he hadn't done anything since he came to the US (just two months previously) saying that he wants to start learning again (Click to View). A week later during class, in an interaction with the teacher in English, Jin and the teacher position Jing as a scholar of some status by co-constructing Jing as a teacher and student at the number one college in China. In this clip, Jin is talking with the teacher (Te) and Inez. Jing is in the background at another table ( (Click to View). On the same day, about twenty minutes later during the class break, Jin (wearing red and sitting in the middle of the classroom) asks Ana "where are you from". Ana tells her she is from Puerto Rico. Jin and Abby (another speaker of Chinese) don't understand the response and Jin asks Jing to help her understand (we can see Jin tap Jing on the shoulder). Jing has been walking around the classroom and in previous classes has spent time looking at the maps on the walls of the classroom. Jing helps the other students understand 'Puerto Rico' by pointing to the map of the US and then walking back and locating it on a map to show the students (Click to View). He explains (in English) that Puerto Rico is located to the east of Cuba. Jing then shows students where Puerto Rico is on another map hanging on another wall of the classroom (a map of the world) (Click to View).