Conflicting Language Ideologies Concerning Bilingualism and Bilingual Education among Pre-Service Spanish Teachers in South Texas

Mara R Barbosa

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Mara R Barbosa Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ##default.groups.name.author##

Keywords:

monolingual ideologies, pre-service Spanish teachers, CDA, Spanish in the US, bilingualism, bilingual education

Abstract

Language ideologies are the shared frameworks through which groups understand language and speakers (GAL; WOOLARD, 2001; WOOLARD, 1998). In educational settings, these ideologies may impact learning as teachers who adhere to ideologies favoring monolingualism may undermine students’ identities and bilingual development in favor of assimilation. Using language ideology and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks, this study investigated the presence of different language ideologies in pre-service Spanish teachers’ discourse and their positioning in face of these language ideologies. The analysis demonstrated that while pre-service Spanish teachers challenge the ideology of monolingualism and favor bilingualism, they also legitimate the ‘one language’ ideology that entails that the unity of a nation depends partly on the use of only one language.

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Author Biography

Mara R Barbosa, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
Department of Humanities, Spanish Program

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