Exploring Preservice Teachers’ Language Analyses of Book Club Discussions (Poster 49)

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Abstract

This paper examines how engaging in language analyses of book club discussions about young adult literature featuring multilingual protagonists gave space for preservice teachers (PSTs) to examine their language use. Using qualitative methods, this project examined undergraduate elementary education majors’ language analyses about book club discussions they engaged in. Results from critical discourse analysis illustrate how language analyses of book club discussions allowed for PSTs to reflect on their language use. Implications for pedagogy are discussed, illuminating how language analyses might be used to challenge and develop PSTs’ ideologies about cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Authors

• Katie McGee, Clemson University

• Lindsey W. Rowe, Clemson University