Unsettling Linguistic Landscapes With Material Culture and Critical Humility in Teacher Preparation

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Dismantling Linguistic Racism Across Diverse Contexts (Table 35)

Abstract

Linguistic landscapes (LLs) refer to the visibility of language in the public domain which can be telling of regional power dynamics or the ethnolinguistic vitality of people. Since its inception in European contexts, LLs have since expanded globally and include a focus on questions pertaining to teacher preparation. Local multimodal and multilingual realities complicate the potential for educators to both perceive and make sense of the complex language-ways of racially minoritized and multilingual students. Through critical multilingual awareness and a raciolinguistic perspective, this critical discourse analysis challenges the thinking behind LL activities in U.S. teacher preparation asking, “How can instructional design centered on the multimodal literate practices of racially minoritized communities expand the receptive linguistic repertoire of pre-service teachers?”

Author

• Tasha Austin, University at Buffalo - SUNY