From Comprehension to Critical Reflection In this post, I share about how I use a piece of literature that’s almost 100 years old in order to frame a discussion about historical and present-day issues of race and identity. I hope…

Perceptions of Representation I have been teaching Spanish for nearly 20 years. In all of those years, the language departments in which I worked used textbooks to support instruction, in some way or another. While some texts have been better…

“Yet we don’t get our hands too dirty…We don’t usually listen to stories of escaping war and finding refuge and racism in a new land, despite the fact that these events occur in settings where so many of the languages…

One of the easiest, most effective, and seamless ways to integrate social justice is careful, intentional selection of resources. You can be certain that individuals from marginalized communities are already thinking deeply about some of the topics and perspectives that…

Challenging the Status Quo As a language learner, I have always been drawn to critical content in the context of language learning—social issues that matter deeply but that are also messy and uncomfortable to wrestle with, marginalized perspectives that clearly…