A Mobile-Assisted Learning Environment Featuring Funds-of-Identity Based on the Culture-Based Model

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Abstract

This ethnographic case study employed the Culture Based Model (CBM) in facilitating content development and instruction delivery using mobile applications for Hispanic/Latinx English Learners (ELs) through the lens of funds of identity. Home-visits and in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with six Hispanic/Latinx ELs’ families in a rural town in the Midwest over three months. The explored funds-of-identity sources were coded into five categories: social, institutional, geographical, cultural, and practical funds of identity. Emphasizing the elements of cultural resources, cultural communication, and cultural artefacts within CBM, a prototype of mobile-assisted funds-of-identity-featured writing instructional framework was developed to augment opportunities for enhancing the ELs’ literacy skills.

Authors

• Yan Chen, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Thomas J. Smith, Northern Illinois University