WLED 444Language, Culture and the Classroom: Issues for Practitioners

3 credits · World Languages Education · Penn State

Critical understanding of cultural linguistic diversity to facilitate the inclusion of English Language Learners in a globalized classroom. CIED 444 WLED 444 Language, Culture and the Classroom: Issues for Practitioners (3) In this course we will focus on the issues of power raised by the use of Standard English as the school language while in its grounds there are an increasing number of students who are using more than one language/dialect to communicate. We will also discuss how language mutates into an exceptional hegemonic/counterhegemonic device central to the problematic regarding school socialization. Finally, we will critically understand teachers' and schools' roles in building a safe classroom where diversity of languages and cultures are welcome and encouraged.