Advocating for Sociolinguistic Justice in the United States

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1: Raising Awareness of The Cultural and Linguistic Wealth of Multilingual Communities

Chapter 1: Literacy Pedagogies in Tension: Young Latine Children Literacy Competencies in the Rural Midwest, Laura Anna Edwards

Chapter 2: Signs of Language Justice? Solidarity, Belonging, and Strategies for Fostering Linguistic Equity, Jhonni Rochelle Charisse Carr

Chapter 3: Heritage Spanish in the News: Understanding, Reevaluating, and Embracing One's Heritage Language on the National Stage, Meghann Peace

Part 2: Inspiring Paths for Empowering Members of Multilingual Communities

Chapter 4: Discursively Silencing Latinx Child Immigrants in United States Mainstream Media, Megan Strom

Chapter 5: "En Busca de un Mejor Futuro": Interpreting for Undocumented Children in the Greater New Orleans Area as a Means of Advocating for Social Justice, Lisbeth A. Philip and Silvia Gomez Juarez

Chapter 6: Public Verbal Violence against Spanish-Speaking Migrants in the USA, Mercedes Nino-Murcia

Chapter 7: The Role of Heritage Bilingualism in Bringing Social Justice to Research, Ethan Kutlu and Diego Pascual y Cabo

Part 3: Providing a Path for Educational Parity for Multilingual Students

Chapter 8: The Language/Linguistics Classroom as a Decolonizing Space through the Use of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia

Chapter 9: Aprender con el Corazon: Awakening Consciousness and Negotiating Identity in the Name of Equity and Social Justice in the SHL Classroom, Gabriela Moreno

Chapter 10: The Fallacy of Academic Accountability for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners: How the Linguistic Features of High-Stakes Tests Structure Inequity, Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza

Chapter 11: Unlocking Word Structure in School: A Vehicle for Social Justice for Multilingual Learners, Michelle A. Duffy and Jean Ann

Chapter 12: Promoting Awareness of Social Justice Issues through Technology-Mediated Project-Based Language Learning, Ruslan Suvorov and Jesse Gleason

Index