ACTFL Presentation: Students' Critical Language Awareness in Social Justice-Oriented Units


Does social justice-focused language instruction impact students' Critical Language Awareness (CLA)? This presentation will report results of a study investigating the CLA of intermediate-level postsecondary learners of French and German before and after their participation in social justice curricular units.
Presenters: Helena Ruf, Lauren Goodspeed, Mandy, Menke, and Kate Paesani (University of Minnesota)

This presentation is directly related to CARLA’s Social Justice in Language Education initiative. Dr. Paesani will lead the CARLA Summer Institute Using Target Language Texts to Support Students' Literacies Development.