Call for Materials - IGALA Workshop on teaching language and gender courses

[Valentina Pagliai]

Should we send the syllabi to you?

Valentina Pagliai

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Trueblood <ctrueblo at CSULB.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:16 pm
Subject: Call for Materials - IGALA Workshop on teaching language and
gender courses
To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG

> Dear Language and Gender Scholars,
> 
> I am writing on behalf of Barbara LeMaster and Amy 
> Sheldon, who are organizing a workshop for the 2006 IGALA 
> conference in Valencia, Spain on issues and ideas in the 
> teaching of language and gender. (See workshop details 
> below)
>  
> Part of our goal is to create an accessible database of 
> syllabi and assignments as teaching resources for language 
> and gender classes.
>  
> We are writing to ask if you would be willing to 
> contribute any syllabi or assignments you have used in 
> your own language and gender classes to the project. You 
> would, of course, retain authorship and credit for the 
> work, and any use of your material would require citation, 
> like any other published work.
> 
> Any items you would be willing to contribute would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Chris Trueblood
> Graduate Assistant
> Department of Linguistics
> California State University, Long Beach
> 1250 N Bellflower Blvd
> Long Beach, CA  90840, USA
> ctrueblo at csulb.edu
> 
> Workshop on issues in the design and implementation of 
> your course on language and gender
> 
> Facilitators:
> Barbara LeMaster, California State University-Long Beach, 
> lemaster at csulb.edu
> Amy Sheldon, University of Minnesota, asheldon at umn.edu
> 
> 
> There often are complex issues to tackle in designing and 
> teaching a course on language and gender. This workshop 
> follows on from the Holmes and del-Teso-Craviotto workshop 
> at IGALA3. We intend to provide a forum that promotes the 
> exchange of information, ideas, materials and practices 
> among new and experienced teachers.
> 
> In the spirit of sharing resources and practices, we are 
> seeking contributions of materials to use in hands-on 
> discussion. Please send your own syllabus, and/or an 
> assignment you may want to have critiqued, or other 
> material, in advance to the facilitators. You may use 
> Please send any materials to ctrueblo at csulb.edu with the 
> subject line "IGALA4 workshop materials". Materials may 
> also be brought to the workshop.
> 
> 
> Two main issues will be addressed in the workshop:
> 
> 1. Course design issues
> The field of language and gender and associated areas such 
> as feminist studies, have been developing rapidly. Our 
> goal in this part of the workshop is to consider issues in 
> course design. Participants will discuss the following: 
> approaches to the design of syllabi (e.g. topical and/or 
> historical), choice of topics to cover, data-driven 
> activities, finding relevant audio-visual materials, and, 
> possibly, activities that assess and enhance students' 
> learning.
> 
> 2. Assignments
> In this section of the workshop you will have an 
> opportunity to create, evaluate and work through a few 
> assignments. Our goal is for you to come away with at 
> least one idea for an assignment for your course.
> 
> Suggestions of other issues to discuss are welcome.
>