Papers by Theresa Y Austin
Toward abolishing white supremacy on campus, 2024
Routledge eBooks, Sep 29, 2022
Language Awareness
In multilingual instructional spaces, language use can reinforce or disrupt gender disparities. ... more In multilingual instructional spaces, language use can reinforce or disrupt gender disparities. This self-study, situated in the context of a university developmental English writing course, examines how an instructor sought to raise L2 learners’ critical language awareness, operationalized as consciousness of ways that gender disparity is mediated by and through language. It also explores how one L2 Chinese learner, Wesheng, explored transgender themes and register during a curricular unit in this course. Focusing on Wesheng’s written and oral discourse, we illustrate the process through which his instructor developed a deeper understanding of his register-use. Data sources include writing samples, curricular materials, the instructor’s journal and feedback, and a semi-structured learner interview. Analyzing these sources through register and performance perspectives, we show how the learner exhibited hybridity in ‘en-gendered’ and academic registers of English and performed egalitarian and multilingual voices as he interacted with instructional resources. We conclude the article with discussions on the affordances of using register analysis to support critical language writing pedagogies and instructional strategies that teachers can use to cultivate L2 students’ socio-sexual literacies.
Languages and Linguistics, 2012
Pedagogies: An International Journal
Foreign language annals, 2002
Información del artículo SIG Corner: African-American Students Special Interest Group -- Teaching... more Información del artículo SIG Corner: African-American Students Special Interest Group -- Teaching Foreign Languages to the African-American Student.
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research
In this article, we examine collaboration as a situated practice that defies a prescriptive defin... more In this article, we examine collaboration as a situated practice that defies a prescriptive definition mainly located in the interpersonal relations of professionals. We argue that collaboration does not merely depend upon―good‖ will or professionalism, ...
Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 1994
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2000
Abstract This study reports on the developing emotions and perspectives of 68 in-service teachers... more Abstract This study reports on the developing emotions and perspectives of 68 in-service teachers regarding their experiences in university-based Spanish classes as part of the ACCELA project (Access to Critical Content and English Language Acquisition) at UMass-...
Foreign Language Annals, 1994
The following paper chronicles the steps taken in developing a curricular project to design, impl... more The following paper chronicles the steps taken in developing a curricular project to design, implement, and evaluate a simulation business course for beginners learning Japanese at the university level. The steps in developing the program, from the selection of materials to the evaluation of the entire project, are presented together with insights gained from the experience and suggestions for improvement. The paper concludes with issues that are still unresolved and new directions to explore.
Foreign Language Annals, 2001
... Reviewing and Previewing: What's Up in the AAS-SIG Comer. Theresa Austin. Article fi... more ... Reviewing and Previewing: What's Up in the AAS-SIG Comer. Theresa Austin. Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008. ... No abstract is available for this article. Get PDF (566K). More content like this. Find more content: like this article. Find more content written by: Theresa Austin ...
Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Foreign Language Annals, 1998
ABSTRACT Native language users draw on implicit understandings and cultural patterns to cre-ate a... more ABSTRACT Native language users draw on implicit understandings and cultural patterns to cre-ate and understand messages in conversation. What can foreign language learners do to learn these implicit understandings and patterns so that they may appropriate the ...
Education and Urban Society, 1995
EJ514290 - Mentoring Mathematics and Science Preservice Teachers for Urban Bilingual Classrooms.
Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2007
In today's rapidly changing sociopolitical world landscape, language education in the United... more In today's rapidly changing sociopolitical world landscape, language education in the United States is in need of critical scrutiny. In schools and universities, often the rationale for teaching and learning languages other than English is framed in pragmatism (a focus on ...
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Gearing up for New York City, 2008 SIG President's Message and foreign language education. T... more Gearing up for New York City, 2008 SIG President's Message and foreign language education. The winner of this year's award is Dr. Benjamin Kramer (UT Austin) for his dissertation" Examining Hybrid Spaces for Newcomer English Language Learners: A ...
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