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Spanish English Literacy: Critical Pedagogy, Positive Coping And Transformative Self-Identity, Sara Soledad Garcia
Spanish English Literacy: Critical Pedagogy, Positive Coping And Transformative Self-Identity, Sara Soledad Garcia
Teacher Education
This chapter reports on a study that focuses on a special agent of change: the classroom teacher and their bilingual skills in preparation for the challenge of teaching in Spanish and English. The new generation of practicing bilingual educators and those presently preparing to teach, have lived in a context that, although restricted by language policies for schooling, have developed coping mechanisms and maintain skills in both languages, Spanish as a native language and English as the language of schooling. A goal for this study is to support a change for a more humanistic approach for the education of linguistic …
Analysis Of The Factors That Affect The Development Of Bilingualism In Colombia, Yuly Andrea Gutiérrez Pacheco
Analysis Of The Factors That Affect The Development Of Bilingualism In Colombia, Yuly Andrea Gutiérrez Pacheco
English Language Institute
This poster presents the background of public policies in Colombia related to teaching English as a foreign language and the goals proposed in each one. Subsequently, the results obtained by secondary students and the factors that have made the language acquisition process difficult are emphasized.
Public Perceptions Of Language Education In Taiwan: English In A Multilingual Context, Isabel Eliassen
Public Perceptions Of Language Education In Taiwan: English In A Multilingual Context, Isabel Eliassen
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Language policy in Taiwan has been a focus of the government since the days of the Kuomintang (KMT) dictatorship, when languages other than Mandarin were ruthlessly suppressed. After democratization, local languages were allowed again, but soon English became Taiwan’s top language education priority. However, not all Taiwanese agree with the decision to prioritize English. Despite claims that English is important for economic and diplomatic reasons, my survey found that most Taiwanese did not support English education when it threatened local Taiwanese languages. The survey also found that despite a significant amount of debate in academic literature about the role of …
Reconciling The Past: Language Validation In A First-Year Experience Course At A Border, Jose Saldivar
Reconciling The Past: Language Validation In A First-Year Experience Course At A Border, Jose Saldivar
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has made part of its mission to become a bilingual, bicultural, and biliterate public institution. Established in 2015 on two legacy institutions, The University of Texas-Pan American and The University of Texas Brownsville, it must reconcile a past that was not always welcoming of its students’ bilingualism. This article examines one instructor’s experience taking one of the university’s signature first-year experience courses and creating a class that is welcoming and supportive of the students’ bilingualism while also reconciling his own educational experiences with language.