Term
Summer 2023
Capstone
Dissertation
Degree Name
EdD
Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair
Dr. Michelle Benegas
Secondary Advisor/Reader One
Josh Prada
Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two
Emily Machado
Abstract
The goal of this phenomenological study was to intensely analyze and interpret the experiences of a select sample of early career language teachers as they reflected on their languaging interactions with their learners. To answer the research question: How do early career language teachers experience the creation of multilingual classroom ecologies?, four individuals participated by collectively providing 14 interviews, submitting 13 bi-weekly journals, and sharing 17 self-selected semiotic images over a two month time period. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 1996) was then employed using a double hermeneutic to uncover themes in each case by elucidating descriptions and then cohesively analyzing all sets of data. Findings included that each teacher experienced reported translanguaging moments as joy, purposeful connection, and the analysis of ecological factors. Subsequent major learnings included the following regarding the early career language teacher experience: 1) they felt joy when they were able to use or help students to use multilanguaging, 2) they associated the use of multiple languages as a way of supporting connections with and for students holistically, academically, culturally, and linguistically, and 3) they were both conscious of and conscientious with multiple facets of their ecological experience related to language use. The dissertation concludes with a call for further exploration of the experiences of language educators to forward our shared understandings of translinguistic practices within a multilingual educational context.
Keywords
ESL/ ELLs, Foreign Language, Reflective Practice, Teachers/ Teaching
Recommended Citation
Pacyga, Jonell, "Early Career Language Educators Experience Joy and Purpose in the Creation of Multilingual Classroom Ecologies" (2023). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 4583.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/4583
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DigitalCommons@Hamline
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School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations