Dichotomies, Dialects, and Deficits: Confronting the "Standard English" Myth in Literacy and Teacher Education

Autor/in	Bacon, Chris K.
Titel	Dichotomies, Dialects, and Deficits: Confronting the "Standard English" Myth in Literacy and Teacher Education
Quelle	In: Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 66 (2017) 1, S.341-357 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2381-3369
DOI	10.1177/2381336917719255
Schlagwörter	Literacy; Teacher Education; Nonstandard Dialects; Multilingualism; Language Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Language Variation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Metalinguistics; Teacher Surveys; Teaching Methods; Misconceptions; Sociolinguistics; Observation; Classroom Environment; Academic Discourse; Standard Spoken Usage; Bilingualism; Faculty Development; Intervention; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Missverständnis; Soziolinguistik; Beobachtung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Discourse; Diskurs; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Bilingualismus; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This study bridges the dichotomies between the study of multilingualism and multidialecticism to explore the mythologies surrounding what is often called "Standard English" (SE). While literacy and teacher education have made progress toward preparing teachers to work with linguistically diverse populations, such preparation is usually geared exclusively toward multilingual learners. Through this study, I argue that the field must also prepare teachers for the dialectal diversity that characterizes U.S. classrooms but is often framed through racialized deficit ideologies. To fulfill this goal, this study outlines a module on multidialecticism embedded into a course on teaching multilingual learners. Drawing on survey data, participant reflections, and classroom observations, I explore the affordances and limitations of this module, asking how teachers' conceptualizations of linguistic diversity developed over the course of the semester. Initial findings highlight participants' reliance on surface-level structural features, commonality arguments, and cosmetic word exchanges in conceptualizing SE. While varying degrees of complexity and sociolinguistic analysis emerged through participants' engagement in the module, changes were generally minor cosmetic shifts through which underlying deficit ideologies were maintained. This study brings into question the extent to which the field has made progress in problematizing the SE myth and concludes with suggestions for disrupting these SE mythologies in literacy and teacher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01