Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Language, Identity, & Education
Publication Date
2024
Keywords
Arizona, dual language-bilingual education, emergent bilinguals, language ideologies, language policy, teacher practices
Abstract
This qualitative study used ethnographic methods to explore connections between teachers’ linguistic ideologies, classroom practices, and local language policies. Using a language policy framework, I examined two dual language teachers’ diverse and at times conflicting language ideologies with consideration for how their individual beliefs about language influenced their pedagogical practices. I found differences in how the two teachers positioned their own bilingualism, the role of biliteracy development in the lives of their students, the place of two-way dual language bilingual education (TWBE) in schools, and in their utilization of bi/multilingual strategies in their classrooms. In exploring these themes, I unpack how the linguistic ideologies of the focal TWBE teachers were situated within broader cultural, historical, and political discourses about bilingual education in an Arizona context. The discussion and conclusions highlight the connections between the teachers’ backgrounds, ideologies, and practices with implications for building more equitable, accessible, and robust bilingual schooling opportunities in Arizona and beyond.
Funding Source
This article was published Open Access thanks to a transformative agreement between Milner Library and Taylor & Francis.
DOI
10.1080/15348458.2024.2392647
Recommended Citation
Baca, E. C. (2024). Teaching in Two-Way Dual-Language-Bilingual Education: An Analysis of Teacher Language Ideologies and Linguistic Practices. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2024.2392647
Comments
First Published in Journal of Language, Identity & Education: https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2024.2392647
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