Websites, Blogs, PDFs
ÜberzeuGENDERe Sprache, Uni Koeln:
Teaching German Queerly: An Integrative Approach
Leitfaden gendergerechte Sprache:
Wie rede ich am besten mit Non-binarys?
Anna Heger: Pronomen
Gender Zeitschrift
Scholarly Articles
Disrupting Standard Practice: Queering the World Language Classroom
The Impact of LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum on Student Safety, Well-Being, and Achievement
Advocating for a Queer of Color Studies in German Graduate Programs
The Queer Stopover: How Queer Travels in the Language Classroom
Language and Gender in the EFL classroom- Jenny Pugsley
Other Diversity Related Resources:
Diversifying Language Educators and Learners
Social Justice in the Language Classroom: A Call to Action
ÜberzeuGENDERe Sprache, Uni Koeln:
- https://gedim.uni-koeln.de/sites/genderqm/user_upload/Leitfaden_geschlechtersensible_Sprache_5.Auflage_2017.pdf
- Pdf slideshow from Uni Köln
- Very comprehensive resource that touches on the reasons/need for gender neutral language, options in written language and spoken language in the university setting, a short section on English options, and arguments for and against their implementation.
- Pdf slideshow from Uni Köln
Teaching German Queerly: An Integrative Approach
- https://diversityingermancurriculum.weebly.com/ddgc-blog/teaching-german-queerly-an-integrative-approach
- Domenic DeSocio (University of Michigan) writes about his experience teaching his course “Queer German Cultures”
- Addresses his methods and curriculum
- Call to action for critical pedagogy
- This weebly site in general (diversityingermancurriculum) is great, it is run by academics promoting the diversification and decolonization of the German curriculum.
- Domenic DeSocio (University of Michigan) writes about his experience teaching his course “Queer German Cultures”
Leitfaden gendergerechte Sprache:
- https://www.frauenbeauftragte.uni-muenchen.de/genderkompetenz/sprache/index.html
- Similar to ÜberzeuGENDERe Sprache
- Similar to ÜberzeuGENDERe Sprache
Wie rede ich am besten mit Non-binarys?
- https://www.br.de/puls/ansprache-nonbinary-people-100.html?fbclid=IwAR3Zu_dTjXASrj3G64clxaWOieeG3K5-_BBF10iOVSZjNXidqv5JaFEdTFQ
- Interview with non-binary people about how to appropriately speak with non-binary people
- https://www.br.de/puls/die-frage-geschlechterrollen-5-102.html
- Video interview
- Video interview
- Interview with non-binary people about how to appropriately speak with non-binary people
Anna Heger: Pronomen
- https://www.annaheger.de/pronomen
- History of the development of non-binary and gender inclusive language in Germany
- Current/updated information on those developments, grammatical examples
- Several comics/zines, blog posts
- History of the development of non-binary and gender inclusive language in Germany
Gender Zeitschrift
- https://www.gender-zeitschrift.de/start
- Zeitschrift/Forum for women and gender studies related discourse
- Forum | GENDER. Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft bietet der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung sowie den Gender Studies ein fachübergreifendes Forum für wissenschaftliche Debatten, aber auch für die Kommunikation zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis.
- Zeitschrift/Forum for women and gender studies related discourse
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cH6qJZEeEdtGCG6S6gcppbLLLzfwkJGl?usp=sharing
- Includes:
- Teaching LGBTQ in Classrooms
- Diversifying Language Educators and Learners
- Aktueller Stand und Entwicklungen der LGBTI-Politik in Europa
- Abinäre Personen in der Beratung
- Teaching LGBTQ in Classrooms
- Includes:
Scholarly Articles
Disrupting Standard Practice: Queering the World Language Classroom
- https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1207908.pdf
- Abstract: Critical issues, such as the diverse sexual identities found within the target cultures and of the language learners themselves are often not addressed within the language learning experience. Also implicated are discourse and knowledge/power, which serve to erase certain students’ identities from the curriculum. Queer theory/pedagogy, which resists normal (Jagose, 1996), has much to offer WLE related to addressing heteronormativity. Thus, this article explores the myriad ways in which queer theory/pedagogy could potentially be useful in WLE to challenge normative societal assumptions and provide different ways of thinking about WLE practice to include all students’ identities.
- Abstract: Critical issues, such as the diverse sexual identities found within the target cultures and of the language learners themselves are often not addressed within the language learning experience. Also implicated are discourse and knowledge/power, which serve to erase certain students’ identities from the curriculum. Queer theory/pedagogy, which resists normal (Jagose, 1996), has much to offer WLE related to addressing heteronormativity. Thus, this article explores the myriad ways in which queer theory/pedagogy could potentially be useful in WLE to challenge normative societal assumptions and provide different ways of thinking about WLE practice to include all students’ identities.
The Impact of LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum on Student Safety, Well-Being, and Achievement
- https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Implementing_Lessons.pdf
- PDF, research study from the Gay Straight Alliance Network
- Why it matters to be LGBTQ* inclusive in the classroom
- Student perspective on LGBTQ* inclusive curriculum
- Conclusion: “LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum implementation is a compelling strategy used to increase student safety, well-being, and achievement. This study reveals that a broad approach to implementation across the school institution likely has the greatest impact on school climate. However, there are many barriers that interfere with implementation efforts...”
- PDF, research study from the Gay Straight Alliance Network
Advocating for a Queer of Color Studies in German Graduate Programs
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tger.12104?af=R
- Advocates for the inclusion of queer and queer of color discourse into graduate curricula in North American German Studies.
- Presents a brief overview of major discussions in queer of color studies
- Proposes sample readings of queer of color texts in Germany that help graduate students develop sophisticated understandings of German cultural history in relation to the formation of globalization and nationalism discourses
- Presents a sample syllabus on queer of color discourse and cultural history in Germany.
- Advocates for the inclusion of queer and queer of color discourse into graduate curricula in North American German Studies.
The Queer Stopover: How Queer Travels in the Language Classroom
- https://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/v4sp12007/ward.pdf
- Focuses on challenges of introducing queer theory to the foreign language classroom
- Considers the challenges which emerge due to the structures of the languages, the sociocultural context and the teaching materials used in the classroom
- Focuses on challenges of introducing queer theory to the foreign language classroom
Language and Gender in the EFL classroom- Jenny Pugsley
- https://www.tttjournal.co.uk/uploads/File/back_articles/Language_and_gender_in_the_EFL_classroom.pdf
- 4 Page PDF on gender and sexist language in the ENGLISH as a foreign language classrooms
- Provides helpful insight into observing unconscious sexism in our language and ways to improve our awareness as instructors as well as create a safe and inclusive environment
- 4 Page PDF on gender and sexist language in the ENGLISH as a foreign language classrooms
Other Diversity Related Resources:
Diversifying Language Educators and Learners
- https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/tle/TLE_OctNov19_Article.pdf
- 5 page PDF about racial diversity in the classroom
- Discusses:
- Access, opportunity, and success
- Critical pedagogies
- Language policy
- Community engagement
- Diversifying our knowledge, networks, curriculum
- Access, opportunity, and success
- 5 page PDF about racial diversity in the classroom
Social Justice in the Language Classroom: A Call to Action
- https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1207903.pdf
- Abstract: “In this paper, we make the case for social justice education in all language classrooms, and we explore the different threads of scholarship that inform social justice in language education. We begin with the Communities and Cultures standards, and then discuss critical pedagogy and transformative learning. Avenues and opportunities are explored for effective social justice instruction at the lesson planning and course design level, and for professional development.“
- Abstract: “In this paper, we make the case for social justice education in all language classrooms, and we explore the different threads of scholarship that inform social justice in language education. We begin with the Communities and Cultures standards, and then discuss critical pedagogy and transformative learning. Avenues and opportunities are explored for effective social justice instruction at the lesson planning and course design level, and for professional development.“