Location: Esch Hurvis Room (225), Warch Campus Center
Date & Time: Thursday, March 1st; 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Lavanya Murali Proctor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Cecile Despres-Berry, Director of English as Second Language and the Waseda program present this workshop that aims to help us understand and negotiate the range of Englishes that people, particularly those born outside of the U.S., may use. We will discuss how these varieties of English are not more correct or incorrect but simply different. We will also discuss language attitudes and ideologies inherent in the idea of standard Englishes and how to recognize and avoid linguistic discrimination. Our aim is to offer practical guidance to inclusive interactions across the range of Englishes employed in our community. Please RSVP at div-inclusion@lawrence.edu by February 26th, 2018.