EDUC 268 - Critical Perspectives on Multilingualism and Linguistic Variation in Schools and Society

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

In this course, we explore the social and political landscape of language as related to multilingual and multivarietal learners across the lifespan. Our focus is both local, with attention to New York and the United States, and global, exploring educational research on major multilingual contexts across the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia, as examples. Using an assortment of texts including research articles, literature, music, video, and images, we learn about colonial and racialization processes that impact language development and socialization; the role of multilingualism in communities; intersectional experiences of race, ethnicity, gender, spirituality, and dis/ability; and models of culturally sustaining and translanguaging pedagogies that promote belonging. This course is student-centered and discussion-based, with daily group activities and weekly journals. Kahdeidra Martin.

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 235 or EDUC 162.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS