Examining Latinx English Learners’ Intercultural Sensitivity Through a Mobile-Assisted Funds of Knowledge Writing Practice

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 1:45 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Latina/o/x Cultural Assets, Resilience, and Advocacy (Table 14)

Abstract

This study examines the development of middle school-aged Latinx ELs’ intercultural sensitivity using a mobile-assisted funds-of-knowledge-featured writing practice in a rural town in the Midwest. We administered an intercultural sensitivity questionnaire over a three year research period and investigated ELs’ intercultural sensitivity change over 10 weeks. Findings showed significant growth of interaction engagement, respect of cultural differences, interaction enjoyment, and interaction attentiveness scores in the intervention group. The variation in the interaction enjoyment was the strongest in this context. This study contributes to the interdisciplinary fields of Latinx’s literacy education by linking experiences and cultural resources to promote ICC development via hybrid technology-based learning spaces, resulting in learning flow with a higher level of intercultural sensitivity.

Authors

• Yan Chen, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Kendall Hartley, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• P.G. Schrader, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Chenghui Zhang, University of Nevada - Las Vegas