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Chapter 15. Challenges of justice and equity for ethical English as an additional language in school education

  • Constant Leung
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Ethical Issues in Applied Linguistics Scholarship
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Abstract

The ethical issues raised in this discussion are set against the backdrop of the English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum and teaching provision for school students from ethnolingusitic minority communities in England. At present over 19% of the school population is categorized as EAL users/learners. I will first provide a background description of the educational policy response to ethnolinguistic diversity in the past fifty years. The second part the discussion will focus on the educational consequences of the overwhelmingly monolingual English-language curriculum environment (except for foreign modern languages such as French). It will be shown that policy rhetoric and real-world consequences have not lined up coherently. After that I will examine the principles of equality and entitlement with reference to the works of Rawls, Taylor and others as they relate to the ‘mainstreaming’ approach to education provision in the context of ethnolinguistic diversity. I will conclude with some observations on the possible curricular and pedagogic provision that would begin to recognise minoritized EAL students’ language education needs. While the focus of this discussion is on EAL in England, it is hoped that some of the arguments for equity for all would resonate with the considerations for minoritized students on grounds of language, disabilities, gender and other issues in public education in other world locations.

Abstract

The ethical issues raised in this discussion are set against the backdrop of the English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum and teaching provision for school students from ethnolingusitic minority communities in England. At present over 19% of the school population is categorized as EAL users/learners. I will first provide a background description of the educational policy response to ethnolinguistic diversity in the past fifty years. The second part the discussion will focus on the educational consequences of the overwhelmingly monolingual English-language curriculum environment (except for foreign modern languages such as French). It will be shown that policy rhetoric and real-world consequences have not lined up coherently. After that I will examine the principles of equality and entitlement with reference to the works of Rawls, Taylor and others as they relate to the ‘mainstreaming’ approach to education provision in the context of ethnolinguistic diversity. I will conclude with some observations on the possible curricular and pedagogic provision that would begin to recognise minoritized EAL students’ language education needs. While the focus of this discussion is on EAL in England, it is hoped that some of the arguments for equity for all would resonate with the considerations for minoritized students on grounds of language, disabilities, gender and other issues in public education in other world locations.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Section I. Methodological approaches
  6. Chapter 1. A taxonomy of questionable research practices in quantitative humanities 10
  7. Chapter 2. Corpus linguistics and ethics 28
  8. Chapter 3. Ethical issues in educational action research 45
  9. Chapter 4. Doing research in culturally and linguistically diverse K-12 classrooms 59
  10. Chapter 5. Ethical considerations for research involving computer-assisted language learning, social media, and online environments 72
  11. Chapter 6. Transcription as ethics 87
  12. Commentary on Section I 110
  13. Section II. Specific populations and research contexts
  14. Chapter 7. The zero-sum game of beneficence 122
  15. Chapter 8. Ethical research with adult migrant language learners 136
  16. Chapter 9. Ethics in heritage language education 155
  17. Chapter 10. The ethics of indigenous language revitalization 172
  18. Chapter 11. “Where you from, who’s your Mob?” 192
  19. Commentary on Section II 210
  20. Section III. Pedagogy and policy
  21. Chapter 12. Ethical research considerations in classroom and online spaces with bilingual students and their teachers 218
  22. Chapter 13. Ethical issues in language testing 235
  23. Chapter 14. Navigating ethical challenges in L2 writing in transnational higher education 249
  24. Chapter 15. Challenges of justice and equity for ethical English as an additional language in school education 266
  25. Commentary on Section III 285
  26. Section IV. Personal and interactive aspects of research and scholarship
  27. Chapter 16. Managing publication expectations and collaborations 296
  28. Chapter 17. Ethical dilemmas of graduate students negotiating new roles and responsibilities 310
  29. Chapter 18. Research ethics and decisions 328
  30. Chapter 19. The ethical gray area 341
  31. Commentary on Section IV 355
  32. Afterword 364
  33. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 371
https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.7.17leu

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Section I. Methodological approaches
  6. Chapter 1. A taxonomy of questionable research practices in quantitative humanities 10
  7. Chapter 2. Corpus linguistics and ethics 28
  8. Chapter 3. Ethical issues in educational action research 45
  9. Chapter 4. Doing research in culturally and linguistically diverse K-12 classrooms 59
  10. Chapter 5. Ethical considerations for research involving computer-assisted language learning, social media, and online environments 72
  11. Chapter 6. Transcription as ethics 87
  12. Commentary on Section I 110
  13. Section II. Specific populations and research contexts
  14. Chapter 7. The zero-sum game of beneficence 122
  15. Chapter 8. Ethical research with adult migrant language learners 136
  16. Chapter 9. Ethics in heritage language education 155
  17. Chapter 10. The ethics of indigenous language revitalization 172
  18. Chapter 11. “Where you from, who’s your Mob?” 192
  19. Commentary on Section II 210
  20. Section III. Pedagogy and policy
  21. Chapter 12. Ethical research considerations in classroom and online spaces with bilingual students and their teachers 218
  22. Chapter 13. Ethical issues in language testing 235
  23. Chapter 14. Navigating ethical challenges in L2 writing in transnational higher education 249
  24. Chapter 15. Challenges of justice and equity for ethical English as an additional language in school education 266
  25. Commentary on Section III 285
  26. Section IV. Personal and interactive aspects of research and scholarship
  27. Chapter 16. Managing publication expectations and collaborations 296
  28. Chapter 17. Ethical dilemmas of graduate students negotiating new roles and responsibilities 310
  29. Chapter 18. Research ethics and decisions 328
  30. Chapter 19. The ethical gray area 341
  31. Commentary on Section IV 355
  32. Afterword 364
  33. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 371
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