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- Title
Linguistic Pluralism: A Statement and a Call to Advocacy.
- Authors
Mihut, Ligia
- Abstract
This essay presents the trajectory of a syllabus statement on linguistic and cultural pluralism and its role in the articulation and revision of a pedagogical approach that foregrounds students' linguistic diversity and partnerships with local communities. In recounting the steps and stakeholders involved in crafting the statement, the author argues that this statement functions as an activist text. The author also contends that the field of composition studies should take on an activist agenda when it comes to language rights. Composition studies needs to go beyond merely accepting language pluralism to actively engaging and dismantling oppressive discourses and normative practices. By establishing explicit values and ideologies, the linguistic and cultural pluralism statement has the potential to promote and foster a culture of cross-cultural and global perspectives in the classroom through students' ties to local communities.
- Subjects
LINGUISTICS; CULTURAL pluralism; ACTIVISTS; LINGUISTIC rights; STUDY &; teaching of language composition
- Publication
Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing & Service Learning, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 2, p66
- ISSN
1541-2075
- Publication type
Article