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Introducing LangCrit: Critical Language and Race Theory
Crump, Alison
Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, v11 n3 p207-224 2014
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) scholars have recently drawn on critical race theory (CRT) to critique and understand the propagation of Whiteness as a norm associated with native English speakers. However, the area of language studies, more broadly defined, has yet to develop the same link with CRT. To this end, this article proposes and introduces an emerging theoretical and analytical framework called LangCrit, or Critical Language and Race Theory. LangCrit puts the intersection of the subject-as-heard and the subject-as-seen at the forefront of interpretation and analysis. This article urges language studies scholars, both within the field of English language teaching and beyond, to continue to look for ways in which race, racism, and racialization intersect with issues of language, belonging, and identity.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Criticism, Whites, Standard Spoken Usage, Linguistic Theory, Racial Bias, Self Concept, Language Role
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