Poster #53 - Separate Bilingualism: Yo aquí me Encargo del Español y en la Escuela puede Aprender Inglés

• In Event: 25.087 - MTCC Poster Session Four
  In Poster Session: 25.087-7 - Bilingual Education Research SIG Poster Session

Abstract

This study documents and examines the language ideologies that preschool, Mexican-American, Spanish-speaking, emergent bilinguals encountered during a school-year at home and school. Utilizing interviews and classroom observations, incongruent language ideologies on children's language development were identified. Evidence supports the teacher and mothers adhered to the idea of separate bilingualism: development of language acquisition is predicated on the prevailing language used in the environment, English at school and Spanish at home. A disjointed expectation exists within Arizona’s educational language policy: English-only instruction conflicts with children’s propensity towards translanguaging for purposes of developing language and making sense of their everyday life.

Author

• Delis Cuellar, University of Wisconsin - Madison