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Navarro Martell, Melissa Arabel – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2021
Language usage in US K-12 classrooms and beyond continues to be an issue of equity (Navarro Martell, 2021; Palmer et al., 2019). Teachers expect racialized students who appear to be Latinx to know and perform as if their native language is Spanish, mientras a otros se les celebra sus intentos de usar el espan~ol; otro idioma colonizador. Some…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Spanish
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Song, SunYung – TESL-EJ, 2022
Although the number of emergent bilinguals (EBs), also known as English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. K-12 schools is growing at an increasing rate, K-12 mainstream teachers remain predominantly white and monolingual and receive little training for working with such learners. In addition, many states mandate "English-only" policies…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
Hall-Whittier, Carol; Siebe, Gina Marie; Zitta, Jeanine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The number of English language learners has grown significantly across the United States and this is reflected in Missouri's public school system. English language learners lack the academic achievement as compared to their peers. General education teachers are responsible for children of diverse backgrounds; children enter school with limited or…
Descriptors: General Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
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Haley, Marjorie Hall; Midgely, Allyson; Ortiz, Judy; Romano, Teresa; Ashworth, Lisa; Seewald, Amanda – Current Issues in Education, 2005
As a profession language educators are paying more attention to teacher-driven research to help clarify and explain those phenomena occurring in our classrooms. The purpose of this paper is to explore the following question: What happens when teachers apply a teacher action research (TAR) strategy for improving their classroom practice? I will…
Descriptors: Action Research, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction