YLT SIG Jan 2024

Dario Luis BanegasUniversity of Edinburgh

Making English language learning socially just:Topics, materials, and activities

questions

• How can teachers and learners make ELT participatory, inclusive, and context-appropriate?
• How can ELT become relevant?
• How can ELT lead to equity?

Let me tell you a little story about a project...

SOCIAL JUSTICE

+TOPICS

'We don't normally talk about what happens to us, things we care about for real. I mean, we do, but it's like once a year, and very superficially'

- Dina, student

PROVOCATION

Why are some topics avoided? Are these perhaps the ones that really matter?

materials

let's take a look at

social media posts

reviews

students' own ideas

activities

let's take a look at...

Descriptive

Awareness raising

Awareness raising

Localisation

Reflection

Defining

Understanding

Activism

TEachers

Creative & cross curricular connections

Reached out to the community

Internal tensions between understanding & enactment of SJ & the principles of relevance & representation

Interest in developing professional knowledge further

'The lessons helped us develop empathy and realise that not all of us have the same opportunities'

- Catalina, student

Thanks!

democracy

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Here you can include a relevant piece of information to highlight

You can add additional content that will excite your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

With this function...

Here you can include a relevant piece of information to highlight

You can add additional exciting content that captivates your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

With this function...

Here you can include a noteworthy piece of information

You can add additional exciting content that engages your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

• Equality - equity
• Identity
• Human rights
• Discrimination due to social class
• Gender identities
• Access to quality ed.
• Bullying
• Valuing the local/regional

With this function...

Here you can include a relevant data to highlight

You can add additional content that excites the brains of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

inclusion

videos, photos, posts, comments, ads, reels in English and/or Spanish

relevance