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As socially responsible TESOL professionals, it is important
that we contribute to educational communities that are welcoming to all,
including those who identify as LGBTQ. Formerly the TESOL ILGBTF
Caucus, the ILGBTF Forum works to promote this vision. We are a
community of professionals in English language education from around the
world who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or "friends." We
are practitioners and academics, both producers and consumers of
educational research, who affirm and respect the diverse sexual
identities of English language students, teachers, and teacher educators
by seeking to foster learning environments free of bigotry, prejudice,
and violence.
The ILGBTF Forum was once again approved by TESOL and will be
participating in the 2013 convention in Dallas with two scheduled
sessions:
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ILGBTF Forum Academic Session |
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Title |
Integrating Marginalized Identities
to Interrupt the Normative Curriculum |
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Description |
Are our ELT classrooms really
inclusive? How can we include all students, regardless of gender and
sexual identity? In this session, presenters demonstrate how
marginalized queer identities are often absent from English language
classrooms and provide strategies and resources for inclusion.
Participants discuss their own observations, insights, questions, and
challenges. |
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Presenters |
Krista Bittenbender Royal and Federico Salas-Isnardi |
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Date/Time/Room Number |
Saturday, 3/23/2013, 3–4:15 pm, D160 in the Convention Center |
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ILGBTF Forum Roundtable |
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Title |
Strategies to Address Bullying in the English Language Classroom |
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Description |
EFL/ESL classrooms are commonly
formed by a widely diverse population. When students come from different
backgrounds, cultural shock might lead some to become bullies. What’s
the role of the language professional in these cases? Come share ideas
on how to deal with bullying in our language classrooms and
programs. |
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Presenter |
Rogelio Emmanuel Reyes Maldonado |
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Date/Time/Room Number |
Thursday, 3/21/2013, 3–3:45 pm,
Roundtable Discussion Area in the Convention Center |
In 2012 the forum worked to compile a bibliography of resources
related to LGBTQ issues in TESOL and English Language Teaching. You can
find it here: http://tinyurl.com/TESOL-ILGBTF-Bibliography.
Anyone is welcome to join our Forum. To learn more about us,
visit the TESOL ILGBTF Community space through the My Groups page, or
directly at http://community.tesol.org/ILGBTF.
Krista Bittenbender Royal, MA, coordinates special programs,
develops curriculum, and teaches at the University of South
Florida’s English Language Program,
INTO USF. She is the current chair of TESOL’s ILGBTF Forum. |
