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The Urban Review

, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp 112–124 | Cite as

The Mapping of a Framework: Critical Race Theory and TESOL

  • Tonda Liggett
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Abstract

In this article, I attempt to elucidate some key intersections between critical race theory (CRT) in synthesis with English language learning as a way to examine linguistic and racial identity in English language teaching. I ask: How does critical race theory apply to English language learners when language rather than race is fore-grounded? What aspects of CRT would assist in theorizing the relationship between language and race for teachers of English to speakers of other languages? In looking to CRT to inform and expand critical approaches to English language teaching, I hope to more closely tie English language learning to issues of race as a way to better understand the intersectionality of these identity factors in the educational context of language teaching and learning. Such inquiry could work to broaden teachers’ knowledge of the ways that linguistic and racial membership inform student learning, and raise awareness about the range of perspectives and cultural interpretations that linguistic minorities may hold.

Keywords

English language learning Critical race theory Teacher education Race and language 
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  1. 1.Department of Teaching and Learning, College of EducationWashington State University VancouverVancouverUSA

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