Tongue-Tied is an anthology that gives voice to millions of people who, on a daily basis, are denied the opportunity to speak in their own language. First-person accounts by Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie, bell hooks, Richard Rodriguez, Maxine Hong Kingston, and many other authors open windows into the lives of linguistic minority students and their experience in coping in school and beyond. Selections from these writers are presented along with accessible, abridged scholarly articles that assess the impact of language policies on the experiences and life opportunities of minority-language students. Vivid and unforgettable, the readings in Tongue-Tied are ideal for teaching and learning about American education and for spurring informed debate about the many factors that affect students and their lives.
Author(s): Otto Santa Ana (editor)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 336
Tongue-Tied
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Student Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction The Unspoken Issue That Silences Americans
Part I The Child’s Struggle against Silencing
Cut into Me
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Sing
Prospectus
Learning Silence
from Always Running
from Lost in Translation
Name Giveaway
Masks and Acculturation
Aria
Language and Consciousness
Back in Those Days
Indian Boy Love Song (#2)
Waṡicuia ya he? Do you speak English?
Off Reservation Blues
¿Qué dice? ¿Qué dice? Child Translators and the Power of Language
No Questions Asked
Me Talk Pretty One Day
The Silence of Polyglots
from "voz en una cárcel"
from The Woman Warrior
Part II The History of Silencing Children
Chronology of Events, Court Decisions, and Legislation Affecting Language Minority Children in American Public Education
Part III The Potential and Vulnerability of Multilingual Children
The Failure to Educate Immigrant Children
from 36 Children
Today’s Deficit Thinking about the Education of Minority Students
Academic Ignoranceand Black Intelligence
Beginning Where the Children Are
excerpt from Translating Translation: Finding the Beginning
Part IV Mother Tongue
Elena
from Healing Earthquakes
Mother Tongue
Lakota Words
Immigrants
My Hawai'i
Chief Wachuseh
Translation
Bilingual Cognates
Learning to Trust the Language I Thought I’d Left Behind
Part V Excellence and Neglect in the Schooling of Multilingual Children
Principles of Successful Schools for Multilingual Children
The Best Multilingual Schools
The Four Spokes of the Second Language Learning Wheel
Teaching Multilingual Children
Suite for Ebony and Phonics: Reflections on African American English
What Should Teachers Do about Ebonics?
Part VI Rage, Regret, and Resistance
I Want to Write anAmerican Poem II
Teaching New Worlds/New Words
Desmet, Idaho, March 1969
Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers
Two Languages in Mind, but Just One in the Heart
Mi Problema
Linguistic Terrorism
I Recognize You
The New World
I Want to Write an American Poem III
Speaking Spanglish
English con Salsa
Sources and Permissions
Index
About the Authors
