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da Costa Cabral, Ildegrada – Language Policy, 2021
This article makes the case for conducting ethnographic research of a multi-scalar nature that links language policy processes and ideologies of language with everyday practices, on the ground, in local schools and classrooms. As with other researchers engaged in the ethnography of language policy (e.g. McCarty, 2011; Johnson, 2013), my concern is…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Educational Policy, Language Planning, Foreign Countries
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Michener, Catherine J.; Sengupta-Irving, Tesha; Proctor, C. Patrick; Silverman, Rebecca – Language Policy, 2015
This 5-month ethnographic comparative case study of two culturally and linguistically diverse U.S. elementary classrooms juxtaposes restrictive educational language policies with the theoretical principles of culturally sustaining pedagogy to explore a gap in our understanding of how teachers reflect educational language policies in the range of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Pease-Alvarez, Lucinda; Samway, Katharine Davies; Cifka-Herrera, Carrie – Language Policy, 2010
In an effort to reverse the reading crisis purported to plague public education, schools and districts are mandating prescriptive reading programs and teacher-centered instructional practices in hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, including English learners (ELs). The wide-spread implementation of these programs in…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Student Interests, Second Language Learning