26.4538, Calls: General Ling/USA

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Subject: 26.4538, Calls: General Ling/USA

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:43:01
From: Kris Knisely [krisknisely at gmail.com]
Subject: Lavender Languages & Linguistics Conference

 
Full Title: Lavender Languages & Linguistics Conference 

Date: 12-Feb-2016 - 14-Feb-2016
Location: Washington, D.C., USA 
Contact Person: Bill Leap
Meeting Email: wlm at american.edu
Web Site: http://www.american.edu/cas/anthropology/lavender-languages/index.cfm 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2015 

Meeting Description:

Lav 23 (February 12-14, 2016) offers discussions of language and sexuality that draw on current debates in anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, sexuality studies, and queer theory to examine diverse voices and experiences. For more information please see: http://www.american.edu/cas/anthropology/lavender-languages/index.cfm

(Please note there are several sessions currently under development for LavLangs 23, which can be viewed at the above website.)

Call for Papers: 

Gender, Sexuality, and Language Learning

Early second language acquisition research that focused on affective variables implied questions of identity, but did not give them central consideration. More recent work, however, has begun to recognize the ways in which language learning is inherently entailed with questions of identity. As learners acquire a new language and information about the cultural context(s) in which the language is spoken, they must reconsider the way they understand their relationship to the world, across time and space. That is to say, they must reconsider their identity. The aspects of identity of particular interest for this panel are those of gender and sexuality. 

Papers are invited on a broad range of subtopics treating questions of gender and sexuality in second language education and learning. Questions addressed by papers in this session may include, but are not limited to: 

- How do questions of gender and sexuality present themselves in different language learning contexts? 
- If second language learning is a social practice negotiated between learner, teacher, and learning environment (cf Norton), how are gendered and sexualized identities negotiated in this process? 
- How do gendered and sexualized power dynamics between the language learner and target language speaker empower or inhibit the learner from speaking in the target language and ultimately empower or inhibit learning development? 
- What are the gender- and sexuality-related stereotypes held by learners and instructors of second languages? What are the origins and implications of such stereotypes? 
- How do gender and sexuality enter into the second language learning frameworks proposed by researchers such as Dörnyei? 
- What types of hidden curricula exist regarding gender and sexuality in second language courses? How do teacher training, dominant discourses, and pedagogical resources contribute to these hidden curricula? 

Papers considering learner and instructor identities and those addressing pedagogical approaches are particularly welcomed. Papers from individuals working in any disciplinary background are welcomed. 

Please send 300-500 word proposals by December 1, 2015.

Contact: Kris Knisely (University of South Dakota)
krisknisely at gmail.com




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