The White Listening Subject: Part 2
In part 2 of the series on sociolinguistics, learn how two scholars disrupt the Monolingual Bias by uncovering how linguistic prejudice shows up in everyday classroom conversations. Then, join the movement to Disrupt the Bias (free download included!)
The White Listening Subject: Part 1
During a coaching session with a group of equity-minded administrators, I had one ask me, “Is there any evidence regarding how working on Monolingual Bias impacts a school district as far as positive outcomes?” Well, the answer is: no and yes.
See, it all has to do with sociolinguistics… read on to learn why.
Doable Disruptions to the Monolingual Bias
Change doesn’t happen in big sweeping policy gestures or with the arrival of award-winning curriculum, it happens by engaging in doable disruptions to the Monolingual Bias, and it starts with you. The only question is: how disruptive are you willing to be?
Who Benefits (and doesn’t) from Translanguaging?
Want to know who benefits from a translanguaging framework? Hint, it may have something to do with the Monolingual Bias… Click to learn (or possibly unlearn) some important facts about translanguaging.
Hispanic Heritage Month Amidst the Anti-Woke Movement
This blog post asks how YOU can carve out spaces this Hispanic Heritage Month to listen to Latinx voices- those of your students AND teachers. Together, we will disrupt the toxic ideologies that embody the Monolingual Bias in the US education system.
The paradox of biliteracy and assessments
If we’re going to talk biliteracy, we need to talk assessments. This blog post follows the cutting-edge research on biliteracy assessment, and offers 3 resources to support your work with bilingual learners in mind today!
Toxic Ideologies and a Recipe to Save the Day
My name is Dr. Lillian Ardell, and I am delighted to guide and collaborate with you to disrupt the monolingual bias. This post points to the toxic ideologies in our Bilingual Ed system. Join the movement!
introducing: disrupting the monolingual bias
Welcome to the first in my series of blog posts about how to disrupt the monolingual bias in bilingual and TESOL education! I’m Dr. Lillian Ardell, speaker, bilingual ed coach, and monolingual bias disruptor!
If you are a bilingual, dual language, ESL teacher or school leader who cares about equity and social change for our ELLs and Multilingual Learners, then you’ve come to the right place!