Addressing race in English language teaching

IF 1 Q2 LINGUISTICS

AILA Review Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI:10.1075/aila.22016.coa

E. Coachman, Izabelle da Silva Fernandes

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The aim of this paper is to analyze a set of didactic materials developed to teach English as an Additional Language at a Brazilian public school in Rio de Janeiro. Such materials were designed to invite 7th grade students with diverse social, racial, and economic backgrounds to learn about the world and the English language from viewpoints that delineate a decolonial stance (Mignolo, 2010; Kumaravadivelu, 2016; Jansen, 2017). Grounded on the notions of Critical Race Literacy (Ferreira, 2014) and Critical Language Awareness (Alim, 2005), this paper looks into didactic activities built upon emancipatory (Freire, 1996) and transgressive (Pennycook, 2006; hooks, 2013) approaches to Applied Linguistics and Language Education, understanding English Language classrooms as privileged arenas for the construction of ideas on race. The methodological approach is based on the premises of a Dialogical Discourse Analysis (Brait, 2006/2018) to identify centripetal and centrifugal forces (Bakhtin, 1981) in the didactic materials produced. Results have indicated that the discourse genres selected (Bakhtin, 2003/1979 apud Tilio, 2017) and the set of activities developed are permeated by social voices (Bakhtin, 1981) that promote decolonial dialogues in the English language classroom.

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英语教学中的种族问题

本文的目的是分析里约热内卢一所巴西公立学校为教授英语作为附加语言而开发的一套教材。这些材料旨在邀请具有不同社会、种族和经济背景的七年级学生从描绘非殖民化立场的角度了解世界和英语（Mignolo，2010；Kumaravadivelu，2016；Jansen，2017）。基于批判性种族素养（Ferreira，2014）和批判性语言意识（Alim，2005）的概念，本文探讨了建立在解放（Freire，1996）和越轨（Pennycook，2006；hooks，2013）基础上的应用语言学和语言教育的教学活动，将英语课堂理解为构建种族思想的特权舞台。方法论方法基于对话话语分析（Brait，2006/2018）的前提，以确定教学材料中的向心力和离心力（Bakhtin，1981）。结果表明，所选择的话语类型（Bakhtin，2003/1979 apud Tilio，2017）和所开展的一系列活动都渗透着促进英语课堂非殖民化对话的社会声音（Bakhin，1981）。

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