Employing a conceptual framework informed by theories of cultural production (Lave & Wenger 1991; Levinson Holland 1996; O’Connor 2003; Willis 1977, 1981), and using notions linguicism (e.g., Skutnabb-Kangas 2000) identity “markedness” (Bucholtz Hal 2004), I examine how an ESL subject position is locally produced adolescents Asian Pacific Islander descent in one high school classroom. Argui...