Teaching English in the Two-Year College Dec 2022

Feature: Teaching Reading as Raciolinguistic Justice: (Re)Centering Reading Strategies for Antiracist Reading

Emily K. Suh

Abstract

Antiracist education practices have gained increasing attention. Oftentimes, however, descriptions of this work fail to explicate the role of reading skills in students’ critical engagement with diverse texts. I explore the potential of metacognitive reading strategy instruction as a form of foundational literacy skills development for engaging in antiracist reading. Drawing from my experiences as a female of color and a coordinator and instructor of integrated reading and writing, I expand upon the concept of raciolinguistically just reading instruction, describing how students can document their application of multiple foundational reading strategies through the meta-strategy of annotation and other metacognitive practices. In particular, I focus on how students’ annotations can reflect their work in making text-based connections. Such annotation practice enacts a culturally sustaining pedagogy that amplifies student voices and their role as knowledge producers. I conclude by considering the larger role of decentering the instructor to foster students’ antiracist reading.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2022-12-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc202232296
Open Access
Closed
Topics
race and writing multilingual writers voice and style

Citation Context

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    Feature: The Role of Reading Instruction in Teaching for Social Justice
    Teaching English in the Two-Year College
  3. (2023)
    Call for Proposals: Special Issue of TETYC on Race and Teaching English in the …
    Teaching English in the Two-Year College

Cites in this index (1)

  1. Kareem (2019)
    Feature: A Critical Race Analysis of Transition-Level Writing Curriculum to Sup…
    Teaching English in the Two-Year College
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