Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching by Suhanthie Motha

Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching by Suhanthie Motha

This timely and critical look at the teaching of English shows how language is used to create hierarchies of cultural privilege in public schools across the United States. Drawing on the work of four ESL teachers who pursued anti-racist pedagogical practices during their first year of teaching, the author provides a compelling account of how new teachers might gain agency for culturally responsive teaching in spite of school cultures that often discourage such approaches. She combines current research and original analyses to shed light on real classroom situations faced by teachers of linguistically diverse populations. This book will help pre- and inservice teachers to think about such challenges as differential achievement between language learners and “native-speakers”; hierarchies of languages and language varieties; the difference between an accent identity and an incorrect pronunciation; and the use of students’ first languages in English classes. An important resource for classroom teaching, educational policy, school leadership, and teacher preparation, this volume includes reflection questions at the end of each chapter.

Suhanthie Motha is assistant professor in the department of English at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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ISBN 13	9780807755129
ISBN 10	0807755125
Title	Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching
Author	Suhanthie Motha
Series	Mulicultural Education Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Teachers' College Press
Year published	2014-04-30
Number of pages	192
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