Critical Themes

social justice

THEMES

GENDER EQUALITY

What is gender bias and gender socialization? How can language teachers promote gender equality in language classes?

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LGBTQ+ INCLUSIVE PEDAGOGY

What is queer theory? What’s heteronormativity? What does queering language classrooms mean? 

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RACE & ETHNICITY

What’s privilege? What’s race? What’s white supremacy? Can racism be reduced to simply the bad things some people think and do?

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SOCIAL CLASS

What is social class? What are class markers? Why is class erased from applied linguistics research? What does commodification of language refer to? Is English commodified?

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

What’s environmental justice and environmental education? What are UN’s Global Goals? Are we all environmental educators? Is all education environmental education?

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IMMIGRATION AND PEACEBUILDING

What’s peacebuilding? What does PARSNIP stand for? How can language teaching become a peacebuilding endeavour? 

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