Browsing by Author "Loja Criollo, Ana Beatriz"

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    Re-imagining immersion for teachers: exploring the seedlings of decolonial roots within Ecuadorian/United States partnerships
    (Multilingual Matters, 2022) Childs, Sharon
    This chapter describes elements of a TESL immersion program and uncovers how the people, landscapes and histories of two communities support or inhibit the development of a critical interculturality. Learning to teach English learners is knowledge and skill-based, but importantly it is relational at both institutional and personal levels. In US students’ reflections of their experiences, they largely miss the differences between their voluntary and highly supported, fi ve-week experience in Ecuador and an English learner’s experience in a US classroom.
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    Voices together: perspectives from the host and sojourner communities
    (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Sweeney, E Leggett; Childs, S S; Loja Criollo, Ana Beatriz; Loja Criollo, Zoila Yolanda
    Much of the literature on study abroad focuses on sojourners from prosperous countries of the Global North. Missing from the conversation is the perspective of the host community, often in the Global South. If one of the goals of study abroad is to develop equitable multicultural partnerships, the host perspective must be solicited and understood (Barros, 2016; d’Arlach, Sánchez, & Fueur, 2009; Martin & Griffiths, 2012; Ouma & Dimaras, 2013). To this end, we included the voices of participants from both host and sojourning communities in a US–Ecuador university partnership focused on language teacher education. Using qualitative data, we examined participants’ intercultural development through opportunities for cultural dialogues that positioned one another as equal partners in relationships characterized by mutual respect, reciprocity, and a deepening cultural understanding.