Biliteracy

Biliteracy and Identity: Unpacking How Latinas Negotiate with School and Society

by Raymond Falcon

This paper will look at the connection between biliteracy and academic development in conjunction with identity as it... more This paper will look at the connection between biliteracy and academic development in conjunction with identity as it pertains to Latina students.  Therefore, the main idea for this paper is to unpack how Latinas negotiate biliteracy and their identity to fit into society.  Included will be an introduction, rationale, literature review, methods, findings, and implications of several researchers.  The findings of the literature review are plentiful on biliteracy and identity but few on Latinas; however, this has implications for my dissertation. 

Critical Biliteracy in the ESOL Classroom: Bringing the Outside In with Dual Language Mentor Texts

by Stephanie Abraham

In a fifth-grade ESOL class, I used dual-language mentor texts to implement critical biliteracy practices for emerging... more In a fifth-grade ESOL class, I used dual-language mentor texts to implement critical biliteracy practices for emerging Spanish/English bilinguals. These texts relieved writing anxiety, scaffolded writing, and acted as an additional dual-language teacher. The students’ stories showed resistance to monolithic societal discourses and challenged English-only instructional norms.

En una clase de quinto año de ESOL, utilicé textos mentores en dos lenguas para implementar prácticas críticas de bilectoescritura con bilingües emergentes de español e inglés. Estos textos liberaron la ansiedad al escribir, sirvieron de andamiaje de escritura y actuaron como un maestro adicional de lenguaje dual. Las historias de los estudiantes muestran resistencia a los discursos sociales monolíticos y retan las normas escolares de sólo usar inglés

8. From Biliteracy to Pluriliteracies

by Lesley Bartlett