“Be Mindful of Our Perceptions of Race, Power, and Language”: Teacher Candidates Exploring Raciolinguistic Ideologies

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Examining Raciolinguistic Ideologies (Table 27)

Abstract

This study examined how teacher candidates made sense of a raciolingusitic perspective in a language education course for emergent bilinguals. We analyzed the candidates’ coursework to explore their understanding of a raciolinguistic perspective and how it influenced their perceptions on racialized bilinguals and intended pedagogical practices for them. The findings showed that exploring the theory helped them unpack how whiteness negatively impacts the perceptions and education of racialized emergent bilinguals. They also recognized the importance of developing critical consciousness and integrating cultural and linguistic practices and perspectives of racialized people. We argue for the need to integrate a raciolinguistic perspective in teacher education to bring in critical ways to examine how race, language, and power intersect in education.

Authors

• Nuo Xu, Bowling Green State University

• Koeun Park, University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu