Gender, Sex and Language Learning

Roman Graf, Gloria Estela Gonzalez Zenteno, Karin Hanta

For several years, students and faculty at Middlebury have grappled with how our foreign language teaching reiterates binaries of gender, sexuality and sex. They have discussed the discomfort that many queer and trans and gender non-conforming students feel when facing norms of pronoun usage and lifestyle in textbooks, discussions, role-plays and written assignments. And have explored how these ideas pertaining to gender and sex intersect with issues of race, class, nationality and so on. In this workshop panelists will discuss these issues and share strategies they are developing in their foreign language and translation classes. We especially urge colleagues from the foreign languages to attend this roundtable, but also invite faculty from all disciplines to come consider ways to create more inclusive classroom climates. Light refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, May 24, 1 - 2:30 pm

Davis Family Library 230

WAGS 0400 [please see WAGS/ENAM 422 for Spring 2011]

Women's Religious Life and Thought

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