Linguistic Justice & the #BlackLanguageSyllabus: A Talk & Workshop with Dr. April Baker-Bell

15 Feb

Dr. April Baker-Bell is an award-winning author and teacher-scholar whose research “interrogates the intersections of Black Language and literacies, anti-Black racism, and antiracist pedagogies.” Her 2020 book Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy, has garnered much attention and … Read More »

Introduction to Translanguaging, Language Reclamation, and Justice-Oriented Language Pedagogies

6 Feb

Emory’s Fall 2022 entering class included approximately 1,424 first-year students who reported speaking 67 different languages (students could report up to five languages on their Common Application). This includes 444 Spanish speakers, 266 Mandarin speakers, 126 French speakers, 118 Korean … Read More »

Multimodal & Multigenre Assignments for Continuing Communication

2 Feb

 How have faculty successfully transformed their syllabi to meet the Continuing Communication outcome across the humanities, social sciences, and STEM? How can low- and high-stakes multimodal and multigenre assignments and activities enhance student learning? This panel offered pedagogical strategies … Read More »

The First-Year Seminar: Orality, Ethics, and Student Learning

31 May

Our new general education requirements include the First-Year Seminar. Including oral discussion is not new to our FYSems. What might be new is thinking more intentionally about including oral discussion in a planned and scaffolded manner into the class while being aware of helping our students think about ethics about their communication. This workshop provides information to aid teachers in tweaking their seminars considering the new requirements. The Writing Across Emory (WAE) program is hosting Dr. John Duffy to share his experiences and knowledge gained from his time as Director of Notre Dame’s version of the first-year seminar. Dr. Duffy is presenting materials and ideas for incorporating oral activities into the class. The workshop includes interactive time to think through class planning.