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This collection of activities based on Critical Pedagogies serves to introduce students to a range of concepts in sociolinguistics and critical inquiry into language ideologies. The activities are written in both English and Spanish, and resources are also in both languages.

Working in two languages will allow students to reproduce the linguistic practices of bilinguals. Heritage learners of Spanish should find these practices familiar, and students learning Spanish as a second language will benefit from the scaffolding of using some English. Language development for both profiles of students can be enhanced with the techniques of “intercomprehension”, outlined in the “Guide to intercomprehension” in the resource section below.

Instructors can decide what language(s) students should use to participate and respond (Spanish, English, Spanglish), depending on their local context, student level, and course objectives. This is an unordered list of activities; there is no implied sequencing.

For questions, suggestions, and/or comments, please contact us:

Claudia Holguín Mendoza, University of Oregon cholguin@uoregon.edu
Robert L. Davis, University of Oregon rldavis@uoregon.edu
Munia Cabal Jiménez, Western Illinois University m-cabal-jimenez@wiu.edu
Julie Weise, University of Oregon jweise@uoregon.edu
Kelley León Howarth, University of Oregon khowarth@uoregon.edu
Heather Quarles, University of Oregon quarles@uoregon.edu