Reconciling the Past: Language Validation in a First-Year Experience Course at a Border

Authors

Jose Saldivar, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has made part of its mission to become a bilingual, bicultural, and biliterate public institution. Established in 2015 on two legacy institutions, The University of Texas-Pan American and The University of Texas Brownsville, it must reconcile a past that was not always welcoming of its students’ bilingualism. This article examines one instructor’s experience taking one of the university’s signature first-year experience courses and creating a class that is welcoming and supportive of the students’ bilingualism while also reconciling his own educational experiences with language.

Recommended Citation

Saldivar, J. (2021). Reconciling the Past: Language Validation in a First-Year Experience Course at a Border. Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction, 23(1). 89-98.

Publication Title

Journal of Bilingual Education Research & Instruction