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Direct linkGauna, Leslie M.; Márquez, Judith; Weaver, Laurie; Cooper, Jane – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
Heritage Spanish speakers (HSSs) in the U.S. who seek certification as bilingual teachers must show Spanish language proficiency. The state of Texas requires candidates to pass the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT) a test seen as a gatekeeping mechanism (Clark & Flores, 2002) in a field that presents chronic shortage of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Spanish Speaking
Download full textElena Roa-Albert; Alexandra Babino – English in Texas, 2024
This article emphasizes the importance of embracing and mobilizing students' linguistic practices, particularly in bilingual settings. The authors reflect on their experiences as bilingual teachers, initially correcting students' use of regional Spanish variations and translanguaging (mixing English and Spanish). However, through advanced studies,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Spanish
Tabaku, Lisa; Carbuccia-Abbott, Maryan; Saavedra, Elena – Midwest Comprehensive Center, 2018
This report reflects available information about the native language standardized assessments in use by the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The report reflects the growing interest and commitment of policy makers, state education agencies (SEAs), and the public to provide English learners (ELs) equitable access to…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Native Language, English Language Learners, Testing Accommodations
Román, Diego; Pastor, Alberto; Basaraba, Deni – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
This study examined the presence of internal linguistic discrimination--i.e., the negative reaction of Spanish speakers towards the varieties of Spanish spoken by heritage speakers--among bilingual teachers in a school district in Texas. To this end, we conducted a study that analyzed the responses of 84 bilingual teachers to audio utterances…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Spanish Speaking, Spanish, Language Variation
Fitzsimmons-Doolan, Shannon; Palmer, Deborah; Henderson, Kathryn – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
Dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs are framed to reflect pluralist discourses (de Jong, E. [2013]. "Policy Discourses and U.S. Language in Education Policies." "Peabody Journal of Education" 88 (1): 98-111) and affiliated language ideologies. The continued expansion of DLBE programs not surprisingly brings to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education Programs, Qualitative Research, English (Second Language)
Saldana, Lilliana P. – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2013
Relying on life history and memory as methodology, this essay unearths the memories of schooling of five Mexican American teachers at a dual-language school in San Antonio, locating their memories of trauma within the history of language oppression and cultural exclusion in U.S. public schools. In re(membering) their schooling experiences as…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Equal Education, Educational Experience, Professional Identity
Wright, Wayne E. – Heritage Language Journal, 2007
There is a growing recognition of the need for Americans who are proficient in languages other than English; however, there is a great disconnect between these needs, state English-only education policies, and current federal education policy as realized through the No Child Left Behind Act (NLCB) of 2001. These policies are moving the country in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Heritage Education, American Indians, English (Second Language)
