CELT 2021 Presenter Information
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Sangita Victor
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Sangita Victor was born and raised in India. He came to the US in 2005 with her husband and son. They live in Tampa, Florida. Her son is in college and is nineteen years old. She has a M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of South Florida and is completing her dissertation from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Session 6 on Saturday, March 6, from 4:15-4:45 (PT)
Celebrating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
Celebrating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
Since God created different languages, we as teachers should foster linguistic diversity in the classroom. Due to the worldwide spread of English, there are multiple accents among people for whom English is a second language. Every accent should be respected whether it is Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese or any other. Through incorporating various teaching strategies and methods the teachers can create a culturally responsive classroom environment where students and teachers can work together to promote linguistic diversity. In the U.S. there are a growing number of immigrants who speak a language other than English. We see that mostly in the classroom there is prejudice to speak English with an Americanized accent or words to be pronounced in a certain way. Some of the college/universities require the students to join ‘Accent Reduction’ classes to improve their accent. Students face a lot of stress and discrimination if they happen to have an accent. Teachers should honor the languages of students from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Teachers can take away from this presentation tools mentioned below to promote language diversity in the classroom by using these teaching strategies in their classroom.
1. Students bring with them loads of knowledge and information, and the teachers should incorporate this knowledge and experience in their classroom teaching.
2. Have students share similarities and differences between their culture of origin and the one in which they are now living. Expand the depth as the term progresses to give personal examples they have experienced or perceived.
3. Writing Idioms on the whiteboard in English and translate into three/ four languages.
1. Students bring with them loads of knowledge and information, and the teachers should incorporate this knowledge and experience in their classroom teaching.
2. Have students share similarities and differences between their culture of origin and the one in which they are now living. Expand the depth as the term progresses to give personal examples they have experienced or perceived.
3. Writing Idioms on the whiteboard in English and translate into three/ four languages.