INCLUDING U BROWN BAG CONVERSATIONS LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE SERIES

INCLUDING U: BROWN BAG CONVERSATIONS LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE

SERIES MISSION • Develop community among staff, students, and faculty through dialogue, learning, and mutual visioning • Engaging folks around campus in consideration of various experiences and identities in Higher Education, particularly those which may be underrepresented • Provide information from experts in a topic as an introduction to certain lived realities in our campus or local community. • Shed light on present efforts to work towards inclusion related to the topic presented • Spark dialogue about challenges, ideas, concerns, and hopes regarding the development of inclusive practices at NDSU

PRESENTERS Sara Johnson, Ph. D Assistant Dir of International Student Services International Student & Study Abroad Andrew Tanem International Student Advisor & Program Coordinator International Student & Study Abroad Services Carol Bishop Lecturer & Intensive English Language Program Coordinator Department of Modern Languages

INTRODUCTIONS Who are you? Why are you here? What do you hope to get from or bring to this conversation? “INCLUSION” What does this term mean to you? What should it look like in action? What should it not look like in action?

LANGUAGE “If you want to really hurt me, talk bad about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity – I am my language. ” - Gloria Anzaldúa

LANGUAGE What is your philosophy of language? 1 - What is language? 2 - What is a language’s relationship to history, time, space, and knowledge? 3 - What are the limits of language? What are your ethics regarding language?

Language: Example of a Microaggression “unintended consequences” = labeling non-English speakers as a ‘problem’ to be solved? microaggression (back-handed ‘compliment’ about being in United States)

Source: https: //www. achievementnetwork. org/anetblog/eduspeak/equity-in-education

ATTITUDES TOWARD LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES • Language Policy • English Only Movements • One World, One Language …. Utopia? • World Englishes • “Non-standard” Dialects

ATTITUDES TOWARD LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES

ATTITUDES TOWARD LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES • Student experience • Cultural persona • Pat: “Half” • Argument RE: Hawaiian Asians • Linguistic persona • L 1 vs. L 2

LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE • Developing Proficiency Levels • Myths regarding fluency • Strategies used as beginners • Pantomime • Circumlocution • Silence • Imitation • Strategies used by intermediate to advanced students • Desire for correction vs. communication • Amount of work

RESOURCES NDSU Intensive English Language Program International Student and Study Abroad Services Disability Services Human Resources Community Fargo Library Fargo Public Schools Consider Viewing; The Dark Side of the Subjunctive

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION What are some realities that we have yet to touch on regarding living in a second language? What does the impact of living in a different language have on your work at NDSU? What does this intersection with life in Higher Ed reveal about patterns of exclusion? What are some practices, actions, and policies that we might take to advance inclusion in light of what we learned today?

Including U 2019 -20 Sept. 10 - First Generation Experiences Oct. 1 - Autism and Higher Ed Oct. 22 - Native Perspectives Nov. 12 - Trans Realities Dec. 3 - Homelessness Jan. 21 - Being Black in Higher Ed Feb. 11 - Domestic Violence March 3 - Latinx Identities and Cultures March 24 - Age Differences April 21 - Being Desi on Campus (All Sessions from Noon-1 pm in the Arikara Room)