Journal Article

Building Linguistically Integrated Classroom Communities: The Role of Teacher Practices

Arbeit, Miriam R., Beeson, Rebecca, Hemmler, Vonna L., Johnson, Haley E., Kibler, Amanda K., Elreda, Lauren Molloy

2019

Overview

Adolescents' peer networks tend to segregate by relative language proficiency, but students from all linguistic backgrounds benefit academically from classroom peer relationships both within and across English learner (EL) and non-EL classified groups. We drew upon social network analysis of student survey data in 46 English and math middle school classrooms and qualitative analysis of a subset of these classrooms (N = 10) to address the following: (a) How do demographics differ in classrooms with more or less academic peer network linguistic integration? and (b) How do teachers' classroom practices relate to differences in the linguistic integration of students' academic peer networks? Findings from this analysis add to the literature on the complex relationships between classroom characteristics, linguistic integration, and teacher practices.

• Publisher: SAGE Publishing,SAGE Publications,American Educational Research Association
• Subject: Academic Achievement / Adolescents / Bilingual Students / Classroom Desegregation / Classroom Environment / Classroom practice / Classroom Techniques / Classrooms / Competence / Demography / Early Adolescents / Educational research / English (Second Language) / English as a second language / English as a second language learning / English Instruction / English Language Learners / Foreign language instruction / Humor / Language Arts / Language Attitudes / Language Proficiency / Linguistics / Mathematics Instruction / Middle School Students / Middle schools / Multilingualism / Network Analysis / Peer Relationship / Peer relationships / Peers / Positive Behavior Supports / Positive Reinforcement / Qualitative research / Sense of Community / Social Discrimination / Social groups / Social network analysis / Social Networks / Student Diversity / Student teacher relationship / Students / Teacher Role / Teacher Student Relationship / Teachers