Situating Race and Ideology in Preservice Language Education

• In Event: Let's Ban It: Navigating Polarizing Political Climates and Race Critically

Abstract

Racialized ideologies, or raciolinguistic ideologies, have been found to affect both English language learners and English teachers. As scholars begin to investigate how raciolinguistic ideologies affect both students and in-service teachers, few studies have focused on pre-service teachers’ language ideologies despite findings in education research revealing that at least 25% of white pre-service teachers were not comfortable teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students (Kumar & Hamer, 2012). Guided by critical race theory and raciolinguistic ideologies, this presentation focuses on three pre-service teachers who are preparing to work with a culturally and linguistically diverse student population. Specifically, I examine how race is understood by my focal pre-service teachers, and the ways their views of race shaped their English language teaching.

Author

• Peter I. De Costa, Michigan State University