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Temas: artículo ideología lingüística

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This article examines the experiences of Spanish high school teachers in Tennessee, a state in the New Latino South where anti-immigrant sentiments and rejection of languages other than English are commonplace. Through a narrative inquiry approach, we explored how these contextual realities impacted teachers' perceptions of their roles and how they shaped their pedagogical goals. Participants' narratives reveal that, despite sharing similar realities at the macro level (the U.S. and the New Latino South), teachers' experiences were dependent on two factors at the meso level (their communities and schools). Teachers in urban areas and private schools worked in less challenging environments. Teachers in rural areas,...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo racismo

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Los menores de edad que llegan a España sin tener nociones de la lengua son más de los que acostumbramos a considerar y conforman un paradigma especial en el mundo de ELE. Al estar en edad educativa obligatoria, los gobiernos autonómicos han propuesto algunas iniciativas para la incorporación e inclusión de estos alumnos, como es el caso de las Aulas de Enlace en Madrid. La odisea para muchos de estos menores empieza en este punto en el que tienen que aprender el idioma a un ritmo acelerado para incorporarse a un sistema educativo nuevo y luchar por su futuro. Con todo lo anterior, aparece una dificultad aún mayor: la discriminación racista. Y es que las conductas comunicativas racistas forman parte de nuestra conciencia...

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Tipo: libro

Temas: libro racismo

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Beginning from the premise that being non-racist ?and other 'neutral' positions? are inadequate in the face of a racist society and institutions, this book provides language educators with practical tools to implement antiracist pedagogy in their classrooms. It offers readers a solid theoretical grounding for its practical suggestions, drawing on work in critical race theory, critical sociolinguistics and language ideology to support its argument for antiracist pedagogy as a necessary form of direct action. The author contends that antiracist pedagogy is a crucial part of the project of decolonizing universities, which goes beyond tokenistic diversity initiatives and combats racism in institutions that have historically helped to perpetuate it. The author's pedagogical suggestions are accompanied by online resources which will help...

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