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In the saved by the bell video, it is important to note when Aisha made the comment "That's not how I say it at home" after being corrected numerous times by her teacher.

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It’s important to think of others feelings and emotions. Because if the first video Aisha didn’t wanna change her name or the way she talked Spanish just because her teacher told her to

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-This perspective inhibits teachers from seeing what children are and instead focus on what children are not.

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-This perspective inhibits teachers from seeing what children are and instead focus on what children are not.

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-The video relating to saved by the bell illustrated the "standard" of speaking a language . It is shown that due to the way someone speaks it affects how people are perceived, and in a school setting even "how smart someone is". However, this is wrong. Everyone speaks differently and deserves to feel comfortable and accepted for how they speak.

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he rejected her way of speaking because it was not the same as his version

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When the teacher says “this is how we speak in school” it is like he is discriminating how Aisha speaks Spanish even though it is the same language.

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When the teacher says “this is how we speak in school” it is like he is discriminating how Aisha speaks Spanish even though it is the same language.

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Deficit Perspective often times may cause students to lose a fundamental part of who they are in order to fight the a mold that might be more "proper" or "correct".

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How does the deficit perspective effect the mentality/ wellbeing of the child/student?
Based on the clip of Saved by the bell, we see how discouraging, and nerving it is for a student to constantly be corrected when using there own variation of there home language. The constant correction is not only saddening and stressful for a student but it feels as though they are not being heard, as it takes a jab at there identity (the language they grew up with at home, interlinks with there background ). Therefore correcting there language is pointing out or trying to correct a part of there identity.

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The video showed us the "standard" way of speaking Spanish, and the teacher made it seem like the way one student was pronouncing the words was inaccurate. This shows how purism ideology exists in classrooms. However that is inaccurate because language varieties exist, and there isn't just one way of speaking a certain language.

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(Group 3) Our group feels that its important for students to feel comfortable and not be discriminated against in the school environment. after watching the short clip from saved by the bell, the teacher was seen to be ver rude towards Aisha and the requirements he wanted her to follow that met his “standards”. We believe that there is a different way he could address and correct her.

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Will the process of becoming bilingual or having to code switch ever be seen as impressive and a sign of intellectuality? Most times we see someone as intellectual when they have become fluent in a language but we never really applaud people who are learning and might speak a “broken” language. In fact if they are not fluent we lower their intellectuality.

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It’s important to notice when an individual is uncomfortable/ confused or showing emotions towards what’s going on in the classroom. If a student tells you how they feel you should listen and respect what they have to say.

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language changes based on who you are speaking to whether it be friends, family, professors

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I think language changes depending on setting and where a person is. For example, when I am at school my vocabulary and the way I speak is different from when I am at home or spending time with my friends.

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I think language changes depending on setting and where a person is. For example, when I am at school my vocabulary and the way I speak is different from when I am at home or spending time with my friends.

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You can speak different languages based if your family member doesn’t speak English or even if you are in a language class

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group 1:how does language change affect an individual? 

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group 1:how does language change affect an individual? 

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Does speaking different languages makes you smarter?

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Does speaking different languages makes you smarter?

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Changing ones environment can alter out language preferences. Some individuals can tend to speak their native language more when being in lockdown because they are surrounded by their families more. Additionally, language change can also pertain to writing styles. The transition from in person school to online school definitely played a role in altering certain communication styles. The change back to in person school also changes out language styles.

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Communication through social media increased during covid, which promoted the use of different forms of communcation.

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"Just because the application of a term has diverged from its original semantic field doesn’t erase the reality of its extensions and reanalysis."

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"Just because the application of a term has diverged from its original semantic field doesn’t erase the reality of its extensions and reanalysis."

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for example, we talk using slang to express ourselves with our friends sometimes. 

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for example, we talk using slang to express ourselves with our friends sometimes. 

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Language is constantly changing, it is unrestricted and indefinite.

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Language also changes over time. Back in the 18th century the words used were different than they are now.

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Language also changes over time. Back in the 18th century the words used were different than they are now.

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- example of how language changes over time, for instance  current phrases.

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Quote: "You don't need to code switch to be successful or worthy."

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Quote: "You don't need to code switch to be successful or worthy."

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This quote is so empowering because everyone should be able to express themselves for who they are without being judged negatively for how they speak.

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"Who's the real me? Who's speaking now?"

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Sometimes people tend to discriminate against other people's accent and so in the video the individual said how he used his English accent to be more professional. 

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Sometimes people tend to discriminate against other people's accent and so in the video the individual said how he used his English accent to be more professional. 

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People are uncomfortable when they are met with the unexpected and code-switching is a way to make the people with more power, more comfortable. I don't think people should have to code switch in order to obtain equal opportunities and I don't think we should have to filter through our real identities.  (group 2)

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Code-switching is intentional, performative, and accommodating while translanguaging is unconscious. Linguistic practices are integral to our identity, and code-switching seems to be a sort of "survival tactic" in order to make our identities seem more digestible for a white audience.

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Why is there regulations against people's way of speaking?

Why is it required that the staff uses standardized English “all the time”?

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shows different languages and can represent the way slang in all languages are used and how they have changed. (group 2)

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I happened to take a look at some of the products a popular Spanish-teacher catalog w as promoting. As someone who enjoys not only the language, but the culture of the Spanish-speaking world I was embarrassed by what I have seen in my profession. The number of stereotypical imaging used on the products was considerable. I can't even tell you how many maracas, chile peppers, burritos, and tacos that I came across.

Now some of you may find these images "cute" and think I'm just being grumpy (I did see a lot of that reaction to this image on pinterest). Maybe these items are targeted for an elementary audience, where "cute" is appropriate, but I've seen teachers in secondary levels using these types of images as well. And I'll be honest, I've been guilty of this too. We want to "spice up" a worksheet or document with clipart and without many options we choose something arbitrary, such as a piñata. However, if this is what we expose our students to, we are perpetrating these stereotypes. I want my students to see these countries for the beautiful things that they offer. I don't want them to associate the Spanish language with a taco. Every taco is not created equal. And if your students think Taco Bell is representative of Mexico, then we are failing them. Share your thoughts below.

Update: We'd like to highlight some clipart that teachers can use that are culturally rich. Check out these amazing sets of clipart for Spanish class including Powerpoint backgrounds that respect the culture!

And for further reading on the harmfulness of stereotypical images, read this article.

About spanishplans

Spanish Teacher in Chicago. Have studied or traveled to Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and Uruguay. Have taught level 1 at middle and high school levels. Degree in Spanish and Master's in Teaching and Leadership. Blogger www.SpanishPlans.org

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I happened to take a look at some of the products a popular Spanish-teacher catalog was promoting. As someone who enjoys not only the language, but the culture of the Spanish-speaking world I was embarrassed by what I have seen in my profession. The number of stereotypical imaging used on the products was considerable.

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We've been hearing the term "microaggression" more often. It was coined decades ago by a Harvard University professor and researchers at Columbia University say microaggressions are small "daily verbal, behavioral and environmental indignities." These are like little paper cuts, felt as slights, often by minorities.

Maybe a white person asks to touch the hair of an African-American, or an Asian-American gets complimented on his or her English even though he or she was born in the U.S. Microaggressions can be intentional, or they can be accidental.

Now, Bradley Campbell, associate professor of sociology at California State University, Los Angeles, says that the use of the term is a sign of a new cultural moral code. He, along with Jason Manning of West Virginia University, wrote " Microaggressions and Moral Cultures," a paper exploring this change in thinking.

Here & Now's Robin Young spoke with Campbell about his findings.
On moral codes
"In talking about moral cultures or moral codes, we're thinking about a pattern of how people handle conflict. And a lot of sociologists, and historians, and others have talked about the transition from cultures of honor to cultures of dignity. So honor cultures would be like in cultures where they have duels, but also other forms of violence - blood feuds and so on - where people are very concerned about a reputation for bravery, and when they are insulted, when people do them harm, then they respond with some kind of vengeance. And so they end up being often very touchy and very sensitive to slight."
From a culture of honor to one of dignity
"There was this transition from societies like the antebellum South, where men were fighting duels and so on, to what people have called a culture of dignity. Where instead of honor, the idea that you need to maintain a reputation for bravery, the idea is that all people have dignity and it doesn't actually matter if people insult you or put you down. One of the main moral injunctions is 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words would never hurt me.' You know, the idea is just ignore an insult and if somebody harms you physically, then you go to the law. There's no shame in calling the police, in going to courts. The idea is that people won't look down upon you and treat you badly because somebody has insulted you the way they would in an honor culture where you would actually lose esteem in the eyes of other people."
Examples of microaggressions
"What we saw originally were these microaggression websites where students at Oberlin College, at Columbia, and other places, other universities, created these websites for people to document the microaggressions against them and some of the things that were talked about as microaggressions were, you know, things like asking a white mother of a black child if the child was really hers, telling an African-American that she's a credit to her race. There was a document by the University of California and a guide to faculty, and it listed about 52 things that could be possible microaggressions, and it included things like some of the things I've said, but also, you know, statements like 'I believe the most qualified person should get the job or 'America is the land of opportunity.' And these were also considered microaggressions, so it can be kind of a wide range of things from sort of political disagreements almost, to slights, and sometimes very deliberate slights and sometimes unintentional ones."

It's not just any minor offense. It's things that are said to further oppression, and mainly the oppression of minority groups.

On calling it 'victimhood' culture
"We called it victimhood culture because victimhood we see as a kind of status like honor or dignity, where, you know, in an honor culture you get status by maintaining a reputation for physical bravery. And here, there's a kind of a moral status accorded to victims of oppression and we saw it's not just the microaggression complaints. There are things like the idea of safe spaces. There was an incident at Brown University recently where a woman came to give a talk and she was going to criticize the term 'rape culture' and a group of students created what they called a safe space for those who were too upset by the talk, and this was a room with cookies and coloring books and play dough they could retreat to."
A sociological perspective on 'victimhood'
"These microaggression complaints - what characterizes them is that they are appeals to third parties. They're not something like vengeance where people just take direct action against the offender. Secondly, they're complaints about minor things, which is what the 'micro' in microaggression means. And then also that these - the complaints - are about specific kinds of things. It's not just any minor offense, it's things that are said to further oppression, and mainly the oppression of minority groups. So we thought about like when do these things occur? So some of the social conditions we mentioned were things like, you know, the presence of authority and also the demise of communal groups. But one of the main things is actually the increase in diversity and equality. So it's in settings where there's already a lot of equality and diversity that you get these kinds of complaints."
On the future of victimhood culture
"Because the environments that we see these microaggression complaints in are environments that are highly diverse and equal, and there are some other factors too. We think those are likely to proliferate. We don't see that this will end necessarily. There's also the sense in which victimhood culture - what we're calling victimhood culture - spreads even to those who oppose it."

Bradley Campbell, associate professor of sociology at California State University, Los Angeles, and co-writer of "Microaggressions and Moral Cultures."

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Sociologist: Open Discussion Of Microaggressions Reflects Cultural Shift

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We've been hearing the term "microaggression" more often. It was coined decades ago by a Harvard University professor and researchers at Columbia University say microaggressions are small "daily verbal, behavioral and environmental indignities." These are like little paper cuts, felt as slights, often by minorities.

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If your not a specific race or color people are quick to judge and have their own thoughts and opinions on you. 

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If your not a specific race or color people are quick to judge and have their own thoughts and opinions on you. 

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Language ideologies consist of beliefs and feelings about how we use language. Everyone should be able to utilize their own way of speaking without being judged.

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Language ideologies consist of beliefs and feelings about how we use language. Everyone should be able to utilize their own way of speaking without being judged.

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This gif shows all the different languages in the world and how they should all be embraced and accepted.

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it is crucial that in a classroom setting that we remove the language ideologies and ideas of purism. we should embrace those that speak different languages and create and environment in which they feel comfortable

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR5QBdQq/

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people can use these langauge idelogies as an excuse for racism and microaggressions. The lady in the video was rude to the group of people and claimed they were not born here because of the way they speak, even though they spoke english

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people can use these langauge idelogies as an excuse for racism and microaggressions. The lady in the video was rude to the group of people and claimed they were not born here because of the way they speak, even though they spoke english