From Assimilationist to Pluralist Discourses: A Multilingual/Multicultural Curriculum Frame for East Asian Americans in the United States

Upon their arrival to the United States (U.S.), East Asian American immigrants live in diverse and multilingual settings in which assimilationist discourses proliferate. This paper analyzed the possibility of drawing a pluralistic and intercultural curriculum frame for diverse settings with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) individuals across the U.S.. An analysis of the European Guide for the Development and Implementation of Curricula for Plurilingual and Intercultural Education, including a compared lecture of the literature, was utilized for framing a multicultural curriculum. Insights from state of art literature review suggested that the recommended multilingual/multicultural curriculum frame may assist to shift polarized views to pluralist discourses in the U.S..