Sessions /
Decolonization, Linguistic Bias, Language Hierarchies, and TESOL #1110

Sun, Feb 28, 09:30-09:55 JST | Room AC
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English has been and continues to be a mechanism for colonization and oppression. How, then, can English teachers engage in socially just or decolonizing practices? How can we use TESOL as a mechanism for disrupting rather than perpetuating biases based on language, race/ethnicity, and national origin? In this presentation, we will examine the implications of English's dominance and consider resistance as teaching and learning practice.

Dr. Suki Jones Mozenter

Dr. Suki Jones Mozenter

University of Minnesota Duluth
Dr. Mozenter is an Assistant Professor of Reading/Literacies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She holds a Ph.D. in Language, Literacies, and English Education with a minor in Sociolinguistics from Stanford University. Her research interests focus on how children come to see themselves as readers and writers, and how race, class, and language impact these literate identities.