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Cultural Biases in Transitional Writing Courses and Their Effect on Hispanic Students in Texas

Cultural Biases in Transitional Writing Courses and Their Effect on Hispanic Students in Texas
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Author(s): Nora K. Rivera (Chapman University, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 28
Source title: Teaching Practices and Language Ideologies for Multilingual Classrooms
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ashok Bhusal (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3339-0.ch003

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Abstract

High school students in the United States have the option of taking advanced placement (AP) courses designed to prepare them to take AP exams that will potentially give them the opportunity to receive college credits for first-year undergraduate courses. This chapter examines the cultural biases present in the AP English Language and Composition course and exam, which focus on skills and knowledges typically learned in a first-year composition course. With culturally relevant theory in mind, this work specifically draws attention to the effects of such cultural biases on Hispanic students in Texas, a state where the number of Hispanic students surpasses the number of students from any other cultural background.

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