We are honored to welcome Dr. Claudia Holguín Mendoza, Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics at UC Riverside, as our keynote speaker for the 48th Annual Linguistics Colloquium, which will take place on April 25th. Please see the abstract for the keynote address below, and stay tuned for more details about the event!
Critical Sociocultural Linguistic Literacy (CriSoLL): Transformative and Liberating Spanish Language Research and Education – Keynote address by Dr. Claudia Holguín Mendoza
This presentation provides an overview of the Critical Sociocultural Linguistics Literacy (CriSoLL) theoretical and pedagogical approach. It also presents CriSoLL background research consisting of results from sociolinguistic studies investigating different degrees of linguistic awareness among Latinx Spanish-English bilinguals and Spanish Heritage Language learners that vary generationally and across different categories of stigmatized Mexican Spanish elements. These findings suggest the importance of promoting symbolic competence and critical literacy among Spanish language researchers, educators, and students regarding how language and power structures operate.