This article draws on one year of qualitative data concerning a foreign-born English as a second language teacher. Findings reveal the key role that the foreignborn English as a second language teacher’s shared personal experiences play in creating curriculum and conducting instruction that confirms the students’ethnic identities and pushes them into new social networks.
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