Professor Netta Avineri Hosts Workshop at Language Teaching Forum
Professor Netta Avineri hosted the workshop “How to ACE Your Language Classroom” at the Penn State Center for Language Acquisition Language Forum in October.
Professor Netta Avineri co-edits Language and Social Justice in Practice
Middlebury Institute Professor Netta Avineri has co-edited (with Laura R. Graham, Eric J. Johnson, Robin Conley Riner, Jonathan Rosa) the Routledge Publishers volume .
From bilingual education and racial epithets to gendered pronouns and immigration discourses, language is a central concern in contemporary conversations and controversies surrounding social inequality. Developed as a collaborative effort by American Anthropological Association’s Language and Social Justice Task Force members, this innovative volume synthesizes scholarly insights on the relationship between patterns of communication and the creation of more just societies. The book includes 24 case studies by scholars and practitioners focused on Language & Race, Language & Education, Language & Health, Language & Social Activism, and Language, Law, & Policy.
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