Surveying the landscape of college teaching about African American Language

IF 1.6 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Linguistics and Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.linged.2023.101189

Quentin C. Sedlacek , Anne H. Charity Hudley , Christine Mallinson

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College courses are an important forum for combating the stigmatization of African American Language (AAL). However, there is no comprehensive data regarding where, how, and by whom AAL content is taught. Understanding the landscape of college teaching about AAL could help identify challenges faced by instructors who teach this content, as well as policies or practices that could help support these instructors. We surveyed college instructors (N = 149) in multiple disciplines (primarily Linguistics, Education, English, and Communication Sciences) who teach courses with AAL content. We found patterns in the sources of support and levels of resistance instructors reported. Instructors also expressed varied levels of knowledge and confidence related to teaching about African American Language and Culture. Many of these patterns were correlated with instructors’ racialized identities and language backgrounds. We discuss implications for professional organizations, university department leaders, and instructors who teach AAL content.

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大学非裔美国人语言教学现状调查

大学课程是对抗非裔美国人语言污名化的重要平台。然而，没有关于AAL内容在哪里、如何以及由谁教授的综合数据。了解大学AAL教学的现状可以帮助教授这些内容的教师确定所面临的挑战，以及可以帮助支持这些教师的政策或实践。我们调查了多学科(主要是语言学、教育学、英语和传播科学)教授AAL内容课程的大学教师(N = 149)。我们发现了支持来源和抵抗指导员报告的水平的模式。教师们还表达了与非裔美国人语言和文化教学相关的不同程度的知识和信心。其中许多模式与教师的种族化身份和语言背景有关。我们讨论了对专业组织、大学部门领导和教授AAL内容的教师的影响。

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期刊介绍： Linguistics and Education encourages submissions that apply theory and method from all areas of linguistics to the study of education. Areas of linguistic study include, but are not limited to: text/corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, functional grammar, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversational analysis, linguistic anthropology/ethnography, language acquisition, language socialization, narrative studies, gesture/ sign /visual forms of communication, cognitive linguistics, literacy studies, language policy, and language ideology.