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Seventh International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education

du 6 au 9 February 2019

The Westin Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA

Promoting Cross-Cultural Relations in a TWI Class: An Issue of Power and Equity

samedi 9 février 2019 à 11:15–12:15 EST
Prov I (220)
Strand

Strand II: Advocacy & Policy

Immersion/Partner Language(s)

Spanish

Level

Elementary (K-5)

Program Summary/Abstract Description

This session reports on a one-year ethnographic study conducted in a first-grade dual-language immersion (DLI) classroom in the Northwest. The purpose was to identify instructional strategies to promote cross-cultural relations among dual language learners. Data were collected in the form of classroom observations, teachers’ interviews, document collection, and the researchers’ journals. The focus of the study was to observe how the teacher and her students interacted in a DLI classroom and responded to elements that bring them to potentially reflect on the hybridity of cultures and languages. Findings indicate that specific instructional practices can promote cross-cultural relations, but a colorblindness deficit approach may limit such inclusive environment. Implications of this study consider the possibility that the instructional strategies explored could connect the students’ transnational experiences to their glocal (global and local together) communities.

Lead Presenter

Dr. Marialuisa Di Stefano, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Role/Title

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Co-Presenters

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