Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice

Mara R. Barbosa is an associate professor of Spanish at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. She studies the language attitudes of different groups, as well as how language attitudes may influence pedagogical practices. Her recent publications include work in Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (2020), New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (2020), and Language Learning Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and Immigrant Communities (2019). Talia Bugel is Professor in International Language and Culture Studies, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and a translator, applied linguist, and sociolinguist Her recent publications include work in New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World (2020), Signo y Seña (2015) and Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana (2014).

Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

Mara R. Barbosa

Talia Bugel

Part I – Education

2. The Importance of Catalan-Medium Instruction for Language Attitudes in Catalonia

Marguerite Morlan

3. When human rights and language ideologies come in conflict: the debate over inclusive language in Uruguay

Mariana Achugar

4. In Quest of Social Justice: Language Attitudes and Language Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ozouf Sénamin Amedegnato

5. Language Attitudes and Learning to Read: The Example of the Program Lecture pour Tous in Senegal

Mouhamed Abdallah Ly

Talia Bugel

Part II – Identity

6. (Re)shaping Students’ Attitudes Toward Learning Spanish in the United States: An Autoethnography of a Teacher as Policy Interpreter

Carlo Cinaglia

7. Unfair advantage or mutual benefits?: Attitudes of second and heritage language learners towards mixed language courses

Angela George

8. Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitudes and Ideologies Concerning Local Language Varieties in South Texas

Mara R. Barbosa

Part III – Planning, policy, prejudice, exclusion

9. Language use and attitudes toward Spanish in Aruba

Ellen-Petra Kester

Zoë de Cuba

10. California Spanish as “non-existent”: Spanish language ideologies within the Latinx community

Claudia Holguín Mendoza

Eve Higby

Melissa Venegas

Lara Boyero Agudo

11. Identity and sign language varieties in Spain: attitudes and beliefs

Inmaculada C. Báez Montero

María C. Bao Fente

12. Inherent Language Narratives: Rethinking Mother Tongue in Multilingual Contexts: A Biographical Exploration of Multilingual Adolescents in Austria

Carola Koblitz

13. Evaluation and perception of Spanish varieties by Majorcans: Distance, prestige and identity

Beatriz Méndez Guerrero

Laura Camargo Fernández

14. Common beliefs and openness discourses among learners of Quechua as a second language in Peru: an analysis of linguistic ideologies

Claudia Crespo del Río

Index