Webinar by Vivian Langer (April 2019)
This webinar is meant for second language (L2) instructors who are interested in working against gender inequality and creating an inclusive environment in their classrooms through gender-inclusive language. The webinar explores why it might be benificial to teach gender-inclusive human nouns in L2 classrooms and presents some ideas of how teachers can implement and teach gender-inclusive nouns in their classrooms by using L2 German as an example.
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Cite this webinar: Langer, V. (2019, April 29). Second language studies at Vanderbilt: Teaching gender-inclusive language in the second laguage classroom. Retrieved from my.vanderbilt.edu/l2studies/2019/04/teaching-gender-inclusive-language-in-the-second-language-classroom/
Translation of two exercises from the first-year textbook Vorsprung (3rd. edition) used in the webinar:
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