Literacy Education of Minority/Indigenous Children in a Globalized World: A Comparative Exploration of English-Only Policy

• In Event: 14.045 - Roundtable Session 2
  In Roundtable Session: 14.045-16 - Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Policy and Practice for Language Learners

Abstract

This presentation reports findings of an exploratory study that was intended to explore effects of globalization on K-12 language teacher education with the reference to the English-only policy in the United States, through the perspectives of teacher candidates, students and faculty members of a Southwest US university. The results of the study suggest that the English-only policy is one of the major barriers to the literacy development of minority and indigenous children.

Authors

• Navin Kumar Singh, Bronx Community College

• Tonya Johnson, Bronx Community College - CUNY