Posted: November 28th, 2014

, culture, and education, within various sociocultural, sociohistorical, and sociopolitical contexts

Throughout this class, we have examined issues of language, culture, and education,
within various sociocultural, sociohistorical, and sociopolitical
contexts
. We have read
research articles and stories that narrate the linguistic, cultural, and educationa
l
experiences of students, families, educators, and communities. Now it is your turn to do
some
minor
data collection and analysis of your own. Turn the data and analysis into a
narrative about
language, culture, and education
.
Your
data collection
tasks
:
1.
Read
McGroarty’s (2012) article.
2.
Select
one
participant
who
is
not in this class, but with whom you can have a
substantial interaction in order to collect some data (e.g. family member, friend,
colleague, etc.)
3.
Interview your
participant
about
her/his
language ideologies. Use the McGroarty
piece to help you draft at least
3
interview questions.
a.
Be s
ure to provide the transcript
of
this interview
as an “appendix.”
4.
Take time to observe
your
participant
manifesting
her/his
language ideologies.
For example
, observe
your
participant
as she
/he
interacts with different people,
and in diffe
rent circumstances. The observation
should
be brief (15
–
30 minutes)
.
a.
Be sure to provide the field notes of
this observation
as an “appendix.”
Your data analysis
/writing
tasks:
Now
it is
time to make sense of the data you collected.
Use the following to
structure
your
data
analysis
:
1.
Provide a bri
ef overview of your
participant
. Why did you choose
this person for
this
assignment?
2.
What questions d
id you ask during the inter
view
? What were some of the most
salient responses/themes from
the interview
?
3.
Talk about the observation
you conducted.
4.
What did you learn about the language ideologies of the
person
you interviewed?
5.
How did
your
participant
describe
her/his
language ideo
logy?
6.
When and how did
your
participant
use language
, and which type of language
?
7.
How does
this person’s
language ideology inform
her/his
identity, sense of self,
status, etc.?
8.
What connections can you make to the topics covered in this course?
9.
Be sure to draw from McGroarty’s article, and
at least one other
article
from the
course
.
10.
Feel free to cite interview data/observation data.

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