| Owner: |
Jingyi Zhu
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| Owner Email: |
jzhu11@cscc.edu
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| Paper Title: |
Embracing Cultural Pluralism in College-Level ESL Classrooms Using Picture Books Featuring Asian Characters
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| Session Title: |
Constructions of Literacy Across K–16 Settings
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| Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/21/2020
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| Presentation Location: |
Online
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| Descriptors: |
Cultural Issues in Education, Curriculum in Classroom, Literature
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Jingyi Zhu, The Ohio State University
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| Unit: |
Division B - Curriculum Studies
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| Abstract: |
This presentation seeks a path in assisting Asian ESL college students to engage in their new contexts culturally. Guided by the theoretical framework of the affordance of literary discourse and cultural sustaining pedagogy, this study examines how the use of picture books featuring Asian characters could foster cultural pluralism in ESL classrooms in US colleges and involve them in meaningful conversations under a safe classroom context. This presentation identifies a collection of picture books, analyzes its thematic categories, explores the affordance of these books for engaging meaningful talks, and discusses pedagogical applications. It emphasizes that employing picture books could provide Asian students a safe environment where linguistic and cultural barriers are acknowledged and prepare them to join dominant social interactions.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1576697
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