Free Virtual Workshop: Friday, August 16, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Arizona MST)
Title: Teaching Writing both Practically and Progressively Using Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Pedagogy
Date/time: August 16, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
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Session Description: In this talk aimed at secondary and postsecondary teachers, I will offer a rationale, principles, and numerous examples of Critical Language Awareness (CLA) pedagogy in the teaching of writing to English Learners (ELs). A CLA approach helps to prepare ELs for their academic and professional futures while also exploring relevant justice-related themes such as nativespeakerism, linguistic profiling, and World Englishes. There will be time for Q&A midway and at the end. If you would like to learn a bit more about CLA before the session, please visit: https://clacollective.org/
Speaker Bio: Shawna Shapiro is Professor of Writing and Linguistics at Middlebury College. Her research focuses on college transitions and innovative pedagogies for multilingual/L2 writers. Shapiro’s work appears in many peer-reviewed journals, including TESOL Quarterly, TESOL Journal, and Research in the Teaching of English, and she has written books for TESOL/NAFSA and Multilingual Matters. Her most recent book, Cultivating Critical Language in the Writing Classroom, was published with Routledge in 2022.
