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Relevant teaching materials contributed by ROLE members.

Infographics

Introductory Content

This resource discusses the implications and consequences of labeling individuals as "native" or "non-native" speakers, and how we can work to remedy this issue. This resource describes how "nativeness" is idealized and leads discriminatory effects in language learning spaces, plus how we can reframe our own approach.

Research Summaries from the 1st ROLE Symposium

This resource is based on Dr. Kamran Khan's keynote at the 1st ROLE Symposium. It explains how language can cause people to be perceived as either “citizens” or “non-citizens” by their government or peers, resulting in social and institutional discrimination. This resource is based on Dr. Lina Hou's keynote at the 1st ROLE Symposium. It summarizes some problems with the concept of “native signer” and how linguists can improve their research practices to build a more equitable and inclusive field.This resource is based on Dr. Wesley Y. Leonard's keynote at the 1st ROLE Symposium. It discusses how settler colonialism impacts who gets to count as Native North American language speakers, and how language reclamation gives power back to the community. 

Videos

Public-facing Presentations


Conference Presentations from the 1st ROLE Symposium

Texts

This resource was created by Keri Zhang, Em Jessee, and the students in the Fall 2020 class at the University of Michigan called "Problematizing the Native Speaker in Linguistic Research". It includes discussion based on the class and is aimed at the language research community broadly. These example profiles of language users are adapted from Cheng et al. (2021) and "represent a snapshot of the diversity of experiences that cannot be captured by 'native speaker.'"

For readings based on academic publications, see our resources for researchers.