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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Mapping of a Framework: Critical Race Theory and TESOL
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Liggett, Tonda – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2014
In this article, I attempt to elucidate some key intersections between critical race theory (CRT) in synthesis with English language learning as a way to examine linguistic and racial identity in English language teaching. I ask: How does critical race theory apply to English language learners when language rather than race is fore-grounded? What…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, English (Second Language), Racial Identification
Frames of Reference: The Impact of Race on Teaching Strategy and Classroom Discussion
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Liggett, Tonda – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
In this article, I examine the role of teacher racial identity on teaching strategy and the treatment of race in classroom discussions. I explicate how the pattern of minimizing the negative racial comments made to English language learners played out in participants' teaching and how it is reflective of socially constructed notions of race and…
Descriptors: Race, Education Courses, Racial Identification, Teaching Methods