KEYNOTE: Critical Language Awareness as a Transformative Pedagogy: Intersections with Antiracist, Decolonial, and Social Justice Frameworks

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Keynote

Location

UTSA Downtown- Buena Vista Theater

Start Date

2-23-2024 9:00 AM

End Date

2-23-2024 10:00 AM

Abstract

Recent years have seen growing interest in critical language awareness (CLA) in Spanish heritage language (SHL) education, together with increased calls for anti-racist, decolonial and social justice-oriented approaches to the teaching of Spanish. These trends have been gone hand-in-hand with a proliferation of pedagogical terminology and labels, the precise meanings of which can be confusing for scholars and educators alike. In this presentation, I discuss the origins and objectives of CLA, the ways it differs from other critical approaches to language education, and its potential role in broader transformative educational initiatives.

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KEYNOTE: Critical Language Awareness as a Transformative Pedagogy: Intersections with Antiracist, Decolonial, and Social Justice Frameworks

UTSA Downtown- Buena Vista Theater

Recent years have seen growing interest in critical language awareness (CLA) in Spanish heritage language (SHL) education, together with increased calls for anti-racist, decolonial and social justice-oriented approaches to the teaching of Spanish. These trends have been gone hand-in-hand with a proliferation of pedagogical terminology and labels, the precise meanings of which can be confusing for scholars and educators alike. In this presentation, I discuss the origins and objectives of CLA, the ways it differs from other critical approaches to language education, and its potential role in broader transformative educational initiatives.