Understanding Growth: The Challenges of Documenting Bilingual Oral Language Development in Linguistically Segregated Schools

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

This workshop is designed for novice and experienced researchers interested in documenting first and/or second oral language development and undertaking fieldwork in “linguistically segregated” schools. This session will help participants: recognize the importance of conducting research in linguistically segregated contexts and the challenges and opportunities inherent in conducting growth-focused research in these contexts, identify qualitative methodologies useful for understanding growth and engage in analysis using these methodologies, and discuss strategies that support and encourage ongoing growth-focused research in linguistically segregated contexts.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Section 5: Social Context of Research on Schools and Communities

Chair

• Sarah Capitelli, University of San Francisco

Papers

• The Challenges and Necessity of Researching Language Growth in Linguistically Segregated Schools - Sarah Capitelli, University of San Francisco

• Understanding Spanish Academic Language Development Among Latino English Language Learners - Laura Alvarez, WestEd

• Understanding English Oral Language Development Among Secondary Latino English Language Learners - Amanda Kibler, University of Virginia