Language appropriations, ideologies and identities in bilingual schools in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

This article addresses language ideologies and identities through the appropriations of the English language in two prestigious secondary bilingual schools in La Mancha City (pseudonym), as part of a team-based linguistic ethnography carried out in the region of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Since the...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Fernández Barrera, Alicia
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:176413
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/176413
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/jtl3.731
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Appropriations
Bilingualism
Ideologies
Identities
Linguistic ethnography
Apropiacions
Bilingüisme
Etnografia lingüística
Identitats
Apropiaciones
Bilingüismo
Etnografía lingüística
Identidades
Ideologías
Bilinguisme
Ethnographie linguistique
Identités
Idéologies
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Resumo:This article addresses language ideologies and identities through the appropriations of the English language in two prestigious secondary bilingual schools in La Mancha City (pseudonym), as part of a team-based linguistic ethnography carried out in the region of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Since the exponential increase in different types of bilingual programmes (Spanish-English), language ideologies circulating among the local 'imagined' bilingual communities as well as bilingual identities of school stakeholders have been transformed and (re)shaped within the era of 'bilingualism fever'. By drawing on linguistic and ethnographic empirical insights on CLIL classroom practices and interviews, this article explores how bilingual identities are co-constructed in relation to language policies, language ideologies and appropriations of English within the institutional spaces as a marker of distinction, elitism and prestige in the local/global market.