ERIC Number: EJ1390773
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
EISSN: EISSN-1532-771X
A Critical Classroom Study of Language Oppression: Manuel and Malena's Testimonios, "Sentía como que yo no valía nada . . . se reían de mí"
Journal of Latinos and Education, v22 n3 p926-947 2023
This critical classroom study of language oppression draws from the notion of existing inequalities based on power relations in education research, as addressed in a critical ethnography. This critical classroom study explores the cases of two recent immigrant students, "Manuel" and "Malena," on the -U.S.-Mexican border near El Paso, Texas, who were attending a fifth-grade dual language class at "Border PK-5 Elementary School" (pseudonyms). This school followed a 50/50 dual immersion model from K-fourth grade. By the fifth grade in this school, 70% of the academic time was taught in English and 30% in Spanish. Documented data from observations in the classroom and students' multimodal testimonios reveal acts of linguistic bullying against the two recent immigrants based on their underdeveloped second language, English, when self-regulated learning was at work in a cooperative learning environment.
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Power Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Immigrants, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs, Spanish, Language of Instruction, Scheduling, Bullying, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Language Usage, Native Language, Peer Relationship, Independent Study
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (El Paso)
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