All the different voices:A teacher’s journey to shifting paradigms in language variation and diversity
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https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.43Keywords:
Language, diversity, language variation, professional development, paradigm, teacherAbstract
As a veteran educator, I prided myself on embracing a pedagogy that valued diversity in the classroom. However, it wasn’t until I enrolled in a graduate course in language variation and diversity that I was challenged to deeply explore my evolving language paradigm.
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Fought, C. (2013). Ethnicity. In J.K. Chambers & N. Schiling (Eds.), Handbook of language variation and Change (2nd ed.). (pp. 388-406). UK: John Wiley & Sons.
Gutierraz, K., Zepada, M., & Castro, D. (2010). Advancing early literacy learning for all children: Implications of the NELP Report for dual-language learners. In D. Alvermann,
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Taylor, L.K., Bernhard, J.K., Garg, S., & Cummins, J. (2008). Affirming plural belonging:
Building on students’ family-based cultural linguistic capital through multiliteracies pedagogy. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 8(3), 269-294.
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All the different voices:A teacher’s journey to shifting paradigms in language variation and diversity. (2016). GATESOL Journal, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.43