ERIC Number: EJ1139459
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Publication Date: 2017-Apr
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Language Ideologies in a U.S. State-Funded International School: The Invisible Linguistic Repertoires of Bilingual Refugee Students
Solano-Campos, Ana
Journal of Research in International Education, v16 n1 p36-54 Apr 2017
In this study, I investigated language ideologies in a state-funded International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme school in the United States. I conducted ethnographic observations, focus groups, and interviews in a fourth grade classroom in one of the largest refugee resettlement areas in the country. Findings indicate that although the school positioned bilingualism as linguistic capital, the linguistic repertoires of multilingual refugee students were made invisible by three inter-related processes: linguistic tokenism, linguistic subordination, and linguistic compartmentalization. These results highlight the urgency for schools offering the IB PYP to implement language policy, curriculum, and instruction that explicitly support immigrant and refugee children's multiple linguistic backgrounds.
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Refugees, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Language Planning, Immigrants, International Schools, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Ethnography, English Language Learners, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Language of Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Grounded Theory, Data Analysis, Field Studies, Tokenism, Language Dominance, Language Skill Attrition, Ideology, Language Minorities, Observation, Focus Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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