UKLA National Conference 2024

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Engaging with the Politics of Pronouns through Critical Language Awareness

In this workshop, participants are invited to hone in on the politics of pronouns as one linguistic device for doing critical language awareness. Critical language awareness is underpinned by an interest in the social, cultural, political functions of language and its devices. As an approach, it requires us (teachers, learners, student teachers, and teacher educators) to explore how language works as well as the consequences of the different linguistic choices we make. While some consequences may be dangerous and risky, others can be affirming and foster belonging. Together we will explore the range of social functions of pronouns by applying both critical and queer lenses to existing research, before considering autoethnographic data from within teacher education. The session will include some personal reflective writing, critical text analysis, and critical discussions on language and pedagogy, all bent toward social justice and inclusion.
Period2 Mar 2024
Event typeConference
LocationUnited KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • Critical Literacy
  • critical language awareness
  • gender diversity
  • queer critical literacies
  • queer phenomenology
  • transgender studies
  • autoethnography

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