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Sustaining Bilingual-Biliterate Identities

Latinx Preservice Teachers' Narrative Representations of Bilingualism and Biliteracy Across Time and Space

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ID4307802
AuthorsIdalia Nuñez (0000-0002-1102-3609, The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA, corresponding author), Doris A Villarreal (University of Missouri–St. Louis), Doris Villarreal (0000-0001-5536-9997, University of Missouri–St. Louis), Samuel Dejulio (0000-0001-5165-3907, The University of Texas at San Antonio), Rosalyn Harvey (The University of Texas at Austin), Lucía Cárdenas Curiel (0000-0002-2694-833X, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA)
Year2021
Volume72
Issue4
Pages419-430
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022487120954360
OpenAlexW3085290295
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited49

The present study is a narrative analysis of 14 self-created books by Latina/o/x bilingual preservice teachers to describe their biliteracy trajectories. Drawing on the concept of identity and bilingualism, this analysis explores how preservice teachers experienced language and literacy and how these experiences have shaped their bilingual-biliterate identities. The findings of this research study revealed that bilingual preservice teachers (a) narrated Spanish as a significant part of their remembered identities, (b) struggled to maintain their bilingualism and biliteracy, and (c) reconnected and reclaimed their bilingual-biliterate identities through their experiences in their teacher preparation program

Bilingual education · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Narrative · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teacher education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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