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“You’ll never be as good as the white kids in their language”: using Young Adult fiction to explore language discrimination in schools

Funder: UK Literacy Association
Duration: January 2021 - January 2022

This collaborative, teacher-researcher study will explore how Young Adult (YA) fiction can be used as a vehicle for exploring language discrimination, with a particular focus on Key Stage 3 students in England’s schools.

Outputs

Cushing, I. and Carter, A. (2021) 'Using Young Adult fiction to interrogate raciolinguistic ideologies in schools'. Literacy, 56 (2). pp. 106 - 119. ISSN: 0034-0472 Open Access Link

Journal article

Cushing, I. (Accepted) 'Standards, Stigma, Surveillance: Language Policy in England's Schools'. Palgrave.

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