A Literature Review of Raciolinguistics in Dual-Language Bilingual Education: A Call for Conceptualizing Racialization (Poster 24)

• In Event: Excellence in Education Research: Early Career Scholars and Their Work

Abstract

This poster session presents a chapter in the forthcoming edited volume The Handbook of Dual-language Bilingual Education. The author of the poster session will present a review of empirical research on dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) that uses a raciolinguistic lens. The question guiding the review is: How is a raciolinguistics lens being used by scholars researching DLBE? The poster session will provide an overview of a raciolinguistics lens. The author describes the search for and analysis of the studies. The poster will present the sixteen reviewed articles by highlighting how education researchers utilize and understand a raciolinguistic lens in their study. The author discusses the trends across the included research studies (a majority focus on language/linguistic inquiries; who benefits from DLBE) and she offers possible future research inquiries. The author argues that research employing a raciolinguistic lens would do well to define or conceptualize “race,” including viewing Latinx (the focus group of nine of the studies) as a racialized group, not an ethnic label. To conclude, the author shares implications for research and suggests possible future research directions for the U.S. and abroad.

Author

• Laura Carolina Chavez-Moreno, University of California - Los Angeles
  Presenting Author