1. GRDG526 Language, Literacy, and Diversity in American Education
Week 5: Language & Culture
Dr. Gloria E. Jacobs

2. Agenda Sharing Minilecture on History of English Language
Small Group Discussion
Interactive Lecture
Break
Classroom Analysis Discussion
Prep for Next Class

3. Sharing
1 thing you’ve learned thus far this semester that stands out in your mind
1 thing you continue to think about/question
1 challenge you’ve overcome

4. Sharing: What to do when…
Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
1. Obedience and punishment orientation
2. Self-interest orientation
3. Interpersonal accord and conformity
4. Authority and social-order maintaining orientation
5. Social contract orientation
6. Universal ethical principles
Calling someone that name is unacceptable because it is against our school rules (4) and you will get into trouble (1). Plus, [Name] won’t want to be your friend (2) and that’s not the way we act in our class community (3). Our class community can’t work well when people use hurtful language (5) and it hurts people (6)

5. Minilecture History of the English Language
“Standard” English (LWC) as we know it is the result of invasion, struggle, assimilation, and technology.
What counts as “standard” or “proper” English is determined by the winners in historical struggles and who had control of technologies.
AAVE/Ebonics too has a history: invasion/subjugation, struggle, cultural pride
All forms of language are cultural identifiers.

6. Small Group Discussion
You design the groups
Be sure to discuss all of the readings.

7. Features of AAE Podcast by Sarah Jones Features of AAE
3 things you learned
1 thing that surprised you
1 thing that affects your understanding of your students

8. AAE and SPED
Why are speakers of AAE more apt to be placed in special education?

9. Interactive Lecture
Look at the three aspects of Bourdieu’s model of capital. What values do they reflect?
Economic
Social
Cultural

10. Interactive Lecture
Look at the 6 aspects of community cultural capital. What values do they reflect?
Aspirational
Navigational
Social
Linguistic
Familial
Resistant

11. Interactive Lecture What values are revealed in the readings? Baldwin
Anzaldua
Tatieshi
Christensen
Redd & Webb

12. Break
15 minutes

13. Small Group Discussion Question
Given the values of communities of color as expressed through community cultural capital as well as AAE, how should we structure classrooms to build on that what students bring to the classroom?
What should the classroom environment look like?
How should students be assessed?
How should curriculum be designed?
How should instruction be delivered?

14. School Analysis
In groups of 3 or 4 (your choice) share your school analysis.
What did you learn?
How will you apply this learning to your teaching?

15. Classroom Analysis Due on 10/27 Review requirements Review exemplar
Questions?

16. Introduction to Readings
Compton-Lilly Chapter 6
NYTimes article on Arapahoe Language
Pueblo, USA podcast
Gabaldon, S. (2009). My Mother’s Spanish
Salas, K. D. (2009). Defending Bilingual Education.
Krashen, S. (2009). Bilingual Education Works.
Writing Due
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