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Publication Date: 2022
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Supporting Multilingual Black Children: Building on Black Language Genius
Frieson, Brittany L.; Presiado, Vivian E.
Reading Teacher, v75 n6 p707-715 May-Jun 2022
Negative societal beliefs and language ideologies about Black Language speakers continue to shape how Black Language is perceived from deficit perspectives in schools. However, educators must challenge these negative ideologies by amplifying the rich linguistic features that Black Language speakers already have by positioning these language practices as valuable resources in the classroom. From translanguaging and critical perspectives, the authors demonstrate how multilingual Black American children use various complex language and literacy practices to make sense of their worlds, including vignettes from bilingual classrooms and childhood memories. The authors offer practical implications using classroom and community examples that can serve as models to educators on how to support and build upon the richness of Black Language speakers' literacy and language practices.
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African Americans, Blacks, African American Students, Multilingualism, Language Usage, Bilingual Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Racial Bias, Teacher Role, Cultural Capital, Code Switching (Language)
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