%0 Journal Article %T 'Passivity' or 'Potential'?: Teacher responses to learner identity in the low-level ESL classroom %A Sue Ollerhead %J Literacy and Numeracy Studies %D 2012 %I UTS ePRESS %X This paper explores some initial findings from a multi-site, classroom-based case study research project into English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy provision to very low-literate adult learners within Australia¡¯s Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP). The aim of the research is to report on the researcher¡¯s observations of teachers¡¯ pedagogical practices and to investigate the extent to which they are responsive to learners¡¯ developing and multiple identities. %U http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/2620