Shifting Paradigms Starting with Self
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.44Keywords:
Language variation, English language learners, Community of practiceAbstract
In this article, a practicing teacher and doctoral student reflects on her attitudes about variations of English and how those attitudes influenced the relationships she had with past students. She also discusses how interactions with those students caused her attitudes to shift and change while giving advice to current classroom teachers.
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Preston, D.R. (2013). Language with an attitude. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 157-182). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Chambers, J.K. (2013). Studying language variation: An informal epistemology. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 1-15). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Delpit, L. (1995). Other people’s children: Cultural conflict in the classroom. New York, NY: The New Press.
Ferguson, G. (2003). Classroom code-switching in post-colonial contexts: Functions, attitudes and policies. AILA Review, 16, 38-51.
Fought, C. (2013). Ethnicity. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 388-406). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kiesling, S.F. (2013). Constructing Identity. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 448-467). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kirkham, S. & Moore, E. (2013). Adolescence. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 277-296). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Krashen, S.D. (1987). Principles and practice in second language acquisition. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall International.
Mahar, D. (2001). Positioning in a middle school culture: Gender, race, social class, and power. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, (3), 200-209.
Meyerhoff, M. & Strycharz, A. (2013). Communities of Practice. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 428-447). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Preston, D.R. (2013). Language with an attitude. In J.K. Chambers and N. Schilling (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 157-182). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
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10/31/2016
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Shifting Paradigms Starting with Self. (2016). GATESOL Journal, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.44