Richard McDorman’s Cultural Autoethnography
My Family Most of my family was born and raised in the mostly poor, small coal mining towns of southern West Virginia. Many […]
Culture, Teachers
Culture
Culture, English Language Learners
Cultural Biography of Cecilia J. (ELL)
Notes: Both interviews were conducted in Spanish. All quotations included in this cultural biography were translated from Spanish into English by
Culture, English Language Learners
Cultural Biography of ESL Teacher Francisco R.
Self and Cultural and Language Learning History Francisco was born in Havana, Cuba. During the famed Operation “Peter Pan” in
Culture, English Language Learners
Debunking Myths about English Language Learners
In some cultures, students are embarrassed to speak in front of others, so I take this into account and don’t
Culture, Language
Cultural Pluralism vs. Cultural Hybridity
Both cultural pluralism and cultural hybridity attempt to move beyond traditional nativist conceptions of the superiority of the language and
Culture, English, Linguistics
On SAE and Language Standardization
I will devote this post to the question of Standard English in light of John Simon’s claim that “language can always
Culture, Language
Contact or Contagion? The Impact of Globalization on Culture
The Impact of Globalization on Culture After considering the three theories presented by Kumaravadivelu (i.e., cultural homogenization, cultural heterogenization and cultural “glocalization”), I am