A Bilingual Renaissance: Remedying and Repairing Monolingualism Through Critical Multilingual Education Research, Policy, and Practice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Within this third decade of the new millennium, a Bilingual Renaissance has bloomed as policy shifts, growth in bilingual/dual language programs, the nation-wide adoption of the Seal of Biliteracy, and a greater critical consciousness of the social justice implications of access and equity in bilingual/dual language education. Within this climate favorable to renewal, repair and revitalization of multilingual education are also reasons for concern. The increasing gentrification of bilingual education, persistent marginalization of transnational students, and uneven bilingual licensure standards among others) threaten equity and sustainability s of the Renaissance. Employing a dynamic array of conceptual and methodological orientations, this symposium brings cutting-edge researchers together that maps out the promise, pitfalls, and global reach of the new multilingual era.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Bilingual Education Research

Chair

• Magaly Lavadenz, Loyola Marymount University

Papers

• Reproduction or reinvention: Whither the bilingual renaissance? - Ramon Antonio Martinez, Stanford University; Neida Basheer Ahmad, Loyola Marymount University

• Ancestral STEM Pedagogy and Aztech Kidz Code: A Community-Led Renaissance Movement - Angela Valenzuela, University of Texas at Austin

• Bilingual Teacher Licensure in the United States: Historical and Contemporary Policies and Practices - Magaly Lavadenz, Loyola Marymount University; Adam Sawyer, California State University - Bakersfield

• Finding Our Compass: Transnational Mobile Students Navigating Their Identity - Cristina Alfaro, San Diego State University

• Sustaining Latinx Identity and Language Practices: A Case Study of a Bilingual Teacher Residency Program - Luz Yadira Herrera, California State University - Dominguez Hills

Discussants

• Jeff MacSwan, University of Maryland

• Adam Sawyer, California State University - Bakersfield