To language differently
Drawing on feminist poststructuralism and translanguaging to prepare language teachers
This article explores the synergies between translanguaging and feminist poststructuralism to deepen
understandings of how educators can teach for justice. I highlight how both theories challenge dominant structures and boundaries;
how they privilege process over product; and how they both illuminate non-dominant voices and experiences. I explore how both
translanguaging and feminist poststructuralism have helped me challenge foundational epistemologies, ontologies, and methodologies
as a teacher educator in the field of teaching English. Throughout this article I examine what taking up these theories to
challenge and question the status quo means for how we might better engage language as a tool for justice.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theoretical synergies
- 2.1Challenging structures and boundaries
- 2.2Privileging process
- 2.3Illuminating individual and non-dominant voices and experiences
- 3.My own praxis
- 3.1Challenging my epistemology
- 3.2Challenging my ontology
- 3.3Challenging my methodologies
- 3.3.1Challenging dominant structures
- 3.3.2Prioritizing process
- 3.3.3Illuminating individual and non-dominant voices and experiences
- 4.Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
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