"Changing the Course of the Stream": A Retrospective Analysis of Artful Language Learning Opportunities

Autor/in	McMurtry, Teaira
Titel	"Changing the Course of the Stream": A Retrospective Analysis of Artful Language Learning Opportunities
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 67 (2023) 2, S.74-84 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McMurtry, Teaira)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1002/jaal.1301
Schlagwörter	Language Arts; Grade 11; Code Switching (Language); Black Dialects; Blacks; Cultural Awareness; English Instruction; Inclusion; Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachkultur; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Black person; Schwarzer; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Inklusion; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	Historically, language instruction involving Black Language (BL) assumes a goal of eradication, particularly in school-sanctioned literacy practices. Language arts education for Black students must be liberatory, that is, antiracist and artful. The opportunities for English Language Arts (ELA) teachers to create, augment, and change the course of traditional ELA methods are abundant. In this article, the author takes up "inquiry as a stance" to provide a retrospective analysis of the implementation of two Artful Language Learning Opportunities (ALLOs) from an uncritical code-switching unit plan designed for 11th-grade students in 2011, and to offer ways that the ALLOs were (and could be) modified to center the dynamism that BL and thus disrupt White linguistic hegemony. This study's implications highlight the need to shift language instruction toward exploring critical concepts, embracing cultural pride, and incorporating equitable frameworks to empower students and transform teaching practices. By prioritizing the study of BL, educators can create inclusive learning environments that recognize and celebrate linguistic diversity, and, in doing so, understand that mastery in standardized English(es) is an inevitable outcome. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01