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Roadblocks to Bilingualism

Roadblocks to Bilingualism

John Evar Strid, James A. Cohen, Autumn Gathings, Raven Stepter, Amor Taylor
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522582830|ISBN10: 1522582835|EISBN13: 9781522582847
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8283-0.ch004
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Strid, John Evar, et al. "Roadblocks to Bilingualism." Handbook of Research on Engaging Immigrant Families and Promoting Academic Success for English Language Learners, edited by Grace Onchwari and Jared Keengwe, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 66-90. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8283-0.ch004

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Strid, J. E., Cohen, J. A., Gathings, A., Stepter, R., & Taylor, A. (2019). Roadblocks to Bilingualism. In G. Onchwari & J. Keengwe (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Engaging Immigrant Families and Promoting Academic Success for English Language Learners (pp. 66-90). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8283-0.ch004

Chicago

Strid, John Evar, et al. "Roadblocks to Bilingualism." In Handbook of Research on Engaging Immigrant Families and Promoting Academic Success for English Language Learners, edited by Grace Onchwari and Jared Keengwe, 66-90. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8283-0.ch004

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Abstract

Most teacher candidates have little experience with learning other languages. They therefore become cogs in the assimilationist machine that causes immigrants to lose native languages and become monolingual in English (Rumbaut, Massey, & Bean, 2006). In a time of devaluing immigrants (and their languages) and failure on the part of most Americans to learn other languages, educators need to focus on the role of other languages in promoting multicultural understanding and to increase language learning in the US. This chapter examines bilingual teacher candidates' experiences with language learning. For four years, students studying for ESL/bilingual licensure were asked to rate their language abilities, finding that 30% rated themselves as bilingual, with 70.43% of bilinguals describing themselves as heritage speakers. The authors report the overall findings as well as the bilingual heritage speaker candidates' own words on their experiences with language learning and maintaining their bilingualism.

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