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Working toward Social Justice through Multilingualism, Multimodality, and Accessibility in Writing Classrooms
Gonzales, Laura; Butler, Janine
Composition Forum, v44 Sum 2020
This article threads together multilingualism and disability studies research in writing studies, and introduces composition pedagogies that embrace multilingualism, multimodality, and accessibility simultaneously. We argue that writing teachers can work toward social justice in writing courses by considering accessibility through intersectional (Crenshaw; Martinez) and interdependent (Jung; Wheeler) approaches that put language diversity and disability in conversation (Cioè-Peña). Each of us shares two pedagogical examples that consider language diversity/difference "and" embodied diversity/difference as unified concepts. Our pedagogical examples include projects related to multimodal and digital rhetoric, multilingual/multimodal community engagement, reflecting on communication differences, and analyzing multimodal/multilingual communication in practice. Through what we call intersectional, interdependent approaches to accessibility in writing classrooms, students and teachers can honor the multitude of valuable communication practices that students engage in within and beyond the English writing classroom.
Descriptors: Social Justice, Multilingualism, Accessibility (for Disabled), Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Teaching Methods, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Publishing, Teaching Experience, Undergraduate Students
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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