…finally arrived! Slated for publication in 2023, the book experienced some publishing / delivery delays. And now I am delighted to hold a copy of the Routledge volume on sociolinguistics of education, containing my chapter ““¡La Lucha Sigue! Decolonizing College Composition Classrooms in Latinx California.”

Don’t be surprised that my chapter starts in Spanish. The volume editors required all contributors to write their chapter introductions in Spanish or Portuguese, given that its subject is sociolinguistic studies of education in Latin America, which, of course, includes Los Angeles. I learned Spanish in my adult years, and was lucky to have my Spanish draft edited by a couple of Spanish-speaking amig@s. (And not to worry: an English translation follows).

The book chapter presents the study I conducted at my college (LACC) of teaching English in Latinx-majority courses. It shares a variety of pedagogical approaches used by our faculty to teach (non-ESL) English composition and literary analysis, while honoring and engaging our students’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds. My study offers a complex perspective on language policies in education in California.

For more of my academic studies and publications in language teaching and sociolinguistics, please visit the teaching and research section of this website.