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al-Bataineh, Afaf; Gallagher, Kay – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This paper seeks to identify the attitudes of bilingual future teachers towards translanguaging when writing stories for bilingual young learners, and to understand the various forces that shape their attitudes. Translanguaging, in the context of this study, refers to the dynamic and intended shuttling between languages or dialects. An assignment…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Bilingual Students, Language Usage
Orelus, Pierre W., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2017
In this edited collection, authors from various academic, cultural, racial, linguistic, and personal backgrounds use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and method to examine social inequities, identity issues, and linguistic discrimination faced by historically oppressed groups in schools and society. "Language, Race, and…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Discourse Analysis, Social Differences
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Poplack, Shana – Language in Society, 1978
Describes an investigation of the nature of English dialect acquisition among bilingual Puerto Ricans. Subjects were in the sixth grade of a school in the Puerto Rican community in North Philadelphia. Results show that subjects can socially classify linguistic variants from two competing systems and use them appropriately. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Dialect Studies
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Ramirez, Arnulfo G.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1983
Mexican American high school students from Texas (50) and California (80) registered reactions to four varieties of Spanish: code switching, ungrammatical, dialectical, "standard" Mexican Spanish. The last rated higher than the other three varieties, the two "non-standard" varieties higher than code switching. Judgements were…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language), Dialects, Family Influence
Whiteman, Marcia Farr, Ed. – 1981
Exploring writing in its many social and cultural variations, the seven articles in the first part of this book show different genres of writing serving various purposes in diverse contexts, while the six articles in the second part examine the effects of oral language differences on the learning and teaching of writing. Topics covered in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Dialects, Educational Theories
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education. – 1983
The handbook, intended to assist California school personnel in understanding the Portuguese language minority group, is designed for use by bilingual education specialists, administrators, and other teachers. An introductory section presents several vignettes of language situations in the schools. Two subsequent chapters outline general…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Community Organizations