Asymmetrical listening practices and hegemonic aurality in a dual-language kindergarten classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2286442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Wirtz (0000-0002-7342-4619, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo Michigan USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-199 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jola.12433 |
| OpenAlex | W4400333545 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 51 |
Listening practices among kindergarteners in a two-way bilingual elementary school reveal how asymmetries between incoming "English speakers" and "Spanish speakers" shape children's emerging language attitudes. My ethnographic study of a US Midwestern public school (2013-2017) shows that objectifying the two languages was a central project of the school that children embraced. This metapragmatic understanding is most evident in their listening, as opposed to speaking, practices. I argue that a hegemonic aurality privileging English and monolingualism emerges in students' differential attunements to language as sounds or as a communicative code, thereby reinforcing the social dominance of English monolingualism over Spanish bilingualism
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| Citations per year | 4 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |