Linguicism-Challenging Resources:
Linguicism is prejudice multiplied by power used by persons who speak a dominant language persons who don't speak the language fluently that excludes them from individual, cultural, and systemic resources (Chen-Hayes, Ockerman, & Mason, 2014). To help close achievement (and opportunity and attainment) gaps, I've highlighed in mustard yellow below resources (including evidence-based classroom curricula) that every School Counselor can share with K-12 stakeholders via their School Counseling Program Advisory Councils, School Counseling Core Curriculum classroom lessons, planning for every student, group and individual counseling, and School Counseling Program website resource tabs for students, educators, and families:
#Linguicism Hashtag for organizing to affirm persons with nondominant languages and saving native languages worldwide and those who challenge language-based oppression
- American Sign Language (ASL): www.handspeak.com
- Bilingual Families Connect www.bilingualfamiliesconnect.com
- Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) https://calper.la.psu.edu
- Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) www.cal.org/
- The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) www.carla.unm.edu
- Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) https://casls.uoregon.edu
- Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy (CERCLL) https://cercll.arizona.edu
- Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) https://clear.msu.edu
- Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) https://www.indiana.edu/~celcar
- Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) https://www.coerll.utexas.edu
- Early College High School Initiative: Motivating students by compressing the time for a high school diploma and the first two years of college with a targeted focus on English language learners and other young people underrepresented in higher education www.earlycolleges.org
- Forvo: Accurate pronounciation for words in multiple languages www.forvo.com
- International Mother Language Day: Promoting education and instruction in heritage languages https://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/languages-in-education/international-mother-language-day/
- Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) https://larcnet.sdsu.edu
- Language Games: Free online language games (Deutsch, English, espanol, Francais, Italiano) www.languagegames.org
- Language Learning Speaking and Reading Fluency Difficulty for English Speakers (Infographic) http://dailyinfographic.com/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn-infographic
- Language Maps in USA states: The most popular languages besides English, Spanish...from multiple continents followed by a link from AAPI showing where SLATE made a bunch of mistakes and giving accurate data http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/language_map_what_s_the_most_popular_language_in_your_state.htmlhttp://aapivoices.com/slate-youre-doing-it-wrong/
- Multilingual Living www.multilingualliving.com
- National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) https://nalrc.wisc.edu
- National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE): www.nabe.org
- National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) https://www.nclrc.org
- National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs www.ncela.gwu.edu
- National Foreign Language Center www.nflc.org
- National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) https://nflrc.hawaii.edu
- National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC)
- National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) https://nmelrc.org
- Native Languages of the Americas: How you can help with Native language preservation www.native-languages.org...
- Omniglot: World languages and writing systems www.omniglot.com
- Personal Dialect Map (USA) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131222
- Slavic and East European Language Research Center (SEELRC) https://www.seelrc.org
- Teen Speaks Over 20 Languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km9-DiFaxpU
- Terralingua: Bio/cultural/linguistic diversity www.terralingua.org