Preparing Linguistically and Culturally Conscious Pre-service Teachers with a Community-based Service-learning Project

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ARABACI ATLAMAZ T.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.38-56, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18251/ijme.v24i2.2733
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, EBSCO Education Source, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.38-56
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Service-learning, teacher preparation, emergent bilinguals, linguistically responsive teachers, ENGLISH, REFLECTION, KNOWLEDGE, STUDENTS
  • Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Teacher preparation for culturally and linguistically diverse communities is crucial as classrooms become increasingly diverse. This study reports on the interaction between 20 pre-service teachers (PSTs) and adult emergent bilinguals during a community-based service-learning (CBSL) project. The project was part of a course offered at a state university in the northeastern USA. The qualitative data demonstrated that the PSTs gained sociolinguistic consciousness, learned about language learners' prior experiences and linguistic proficiencies, and identified the linguistic demands of the interaction. The study also revealed that CBSL projects can possibly be an effective means of teacher preparation for emergent bilinguals worldwide.