Suhanthie Motha Race, Empire, and English Language Teach (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Race, Empire, and English Language TeachingCondition: NewSubtitle: Creating Responsible and Ethical Anti-Racist PracticeEAN: 9780807755129ISBN: 9780807755129Publisher: Teachers' College PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/18/2014Description:

This timely and critical look at the teaching of English shows how language is used to create hierarchies of cultural privilege in public schools across the United States. Drawing on the work of four ESL teachers who pursued anti-racist pedagogical practices during their first year of teaching, the author provides a compelling account of how new teachers might gain agency for culturally responsive teaching in spite of school cultures that often discourage such approaches. She combines current research and original analyses to shed light on real classroom situations faced by teachers of linguistically diverse populations. This book will help pre- and inservice teachers to think about such challenges as differential achievement between language learners and “native-speakers”; hierarchies of languages and language varieties; the difference between an accent identity and an incorrect pronunciation; and the use of students’ first languages in English classes. An important resource for classroom teaching, educational policy, school leadership, and teacher preparation, this volume includes reflection questions at the end of each chapter.

Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 171mmAuthor: Suhanthie MothaGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Children's Learning & Education, Language & ReferenceBook Series: Multicultural Education SeriesISBN-10: 0807755125Item Width: 10mmItem Weight: 295gContributor: James A. Banks (Series edited by)Release Year: 2014

Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.