Children of Immigrants in Qubec - Theoretical Framework Research Paper

Children of Immigrants in Qubec - Theoretical Framework - Research Paper archetypeThe case study followed three post-secondary students whose first language was French and studied the degree and application of academic biliteracy that each student demonstrated in his or her academic writing assignments. The case study took place in Ottawa, Canada, which as the capital of Canada is a fully bilingualist milieu, both French and English. The author chose this name because the a priori framework employ in this particular study has similar resonance and application to the authors progeny of Children of Immigrants in Quebec. The goal of this story is to discuss the key aspects of theoretical frameworks and demonstrate why researchers develop and apply theoretical frameworks to their academic study topics in the field of education. The theoretical framework utilise by Guillaume Gentil relates in several cases to the key themes that the author is currently pursuing in the Children of Immigrants in Quebec study, most notably the ideas of individual voices and construction of identity as it pertains to first language. Guillaume Gentil built theoretical framework using elements from the continua model of biliteracy developed by Hornberger the critical social theory work created by Bourdieu and also applied philosophical hermeneutics to the framework (Bourdieu, 1998 Hornberger, 1989). Guillaume Gentil applied this framework to test his hypothesis that individual biliterate development is a subjective and intersubjective evaluative response to social contexts of possibilities for biliteracy (Gentil, 2005, p. 421). Upon the completion of the deuce and a half year case study, the research that Guillaume Gentil amassed, including examination of each case study members compromises and sometimes circuitous routes followed in hunting lodge to fully send off to and uphold a bilingual academic writing environment in an landscape dominated by English demonstrated the chall enges and resources of bilingual writers to uphold their commitment to academic biliteracy within English-dominant institutional and disciplinary contexts (Gentil, 2005, p. 421). Similarly, within the topic of Children of Immigrants in Quebec, multiple challenges arise for first generation children of immigrant parents in Quebec to commit to and adhere to an often multilingual environment, including the language or languages spoken at home, the cultural link to the languages spoken in the home country and the bilingual environment of the province of Quebec. The overall goal therefore is to demonstrate the authors comprehension of the concept of theoretical frameworks, using Gentils theoretical framework to relate to the topic of Children of Immigrants in Quebec. The paper will begin with a discussion of the theories Guillaume Gentil applied to build the theoretical framework of Commitments to Academic Biliteracy Case Studies of Francophone University Writers and analyze their impor tance to the study. The paper will also analyze the theoretical framework of this study and draw parallels between it and the Children of Immigrants in Quebec study. Theoretical Frameworks Overview The main purpose and value of a theoretical framework is to prove the specific hypothesis that the researcher develops (Anfara & Mertz, 2006 Cline, n.d.). A theoretical frame