Teachers’ Language Ideologies and Practices on the Use of Spanish in Science Classrooms

• Main Authors: Enriquez-Andrade, Araceli, Wui, Ma. Glenda, Zhang, Jie, Kharabi-Yamato, Lana, Relyea, Jackie Eunjung, Wong, Sissy S.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: bilingual science classroom; middle school; science learning; teacher language ideology; translanguaging; Arts and Humanities; Education; European Languages and Societies; Science and Mathematics Education
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/152; https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2024.2362912
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study explores teachers’ use of Spanish in sixth-grade bilingual science classrooms at an urban middle school in Texas. We used a case study approach to study how two Spanish-English bilingual teachers utilized Spanish during instruction in a unit on space exploration and their beliefs on Spani...