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improving peer tutor support for users of American English as an additional language and Black language in college Tutoring and Writing Centers
Curriculum Summary
Curriculum Summary
The goal of this curriculum is to provide an overview of linguistic justice principles and specific strategies so that peer tutors can better support linguistically diverse students in order to address equity outcomes in higher education. The curriculum consists of five 60-minute presentations with pre-work and homework.
An examination of equity data, an overview of monolingual language ideologies in the U.S., and an introduction to student's right to their own language.
An overview of myths about language, the descriptivist and prescriptivist approaches to language, and the language standardization process.
An introduction to how language relates to identity and how language bias is linked to other forms of discrimination.
A crash course in communicative strategies and a summary of some challenges unique to English.
An opportunity to learn and practice student-empowering tutoring techniques based on code-meshing, translanguaging, and other asset-based frameworks.
Lesson plans and facilitator notes for people who are interested in using or adapting this training.
A brief introduction to the history of the English language.
This curriculum was developed by Emily Livingston as part of her Master's in English Language Education at Hamline University.
Read the full capstone paper here.
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