Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching: Creating Responsible and Ethical Anti-Racist Practice

Motha, Suhanthie

ISBN 10: 0807755125 / ISBN 13: 9780807755129

Editore: Teachers College Press, 2014

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0807755125I2N00

Riassunto:

This timely book takes a critical look at the teaching of English, showing how language is used to create hierarchies of cultural privilege in public schools across the country. Motha closely examines the work of four ESL teachers who developed anti-racist pedagogical practises during their first year of teaching. Their experiences, and those of their students, provide a compelling account of how new teachers might gain agency for culturally responsive teaching in spite of school cultures that often discourage such approaches. The author combines current research with her original analyses to shed light on real classroom situations faced by teachers of linguistically diverse populations. This book will help pre- and in-service teachers to think about such challenges as differential achievement between language learners and “native-speakers;” about hierarchies of languages and language varieties; about the difference between an accent identity and an incorrect pronunciation; and about the use of students’ first languages in English classes. This resource offers implications for classroom teaching, educational policy, school leadership, and teacher preparation, including reflection questions at the end of each chapter.

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Titolo: Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching:...
Casa editrice: Teachers College Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: As New
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket