JALT 2018 Featured Speaker Series Video: Sandra McKay, “The Need for Diversity and Inclusion in ELT Texts”

We have uploaded the second of our JALT2018 Featured Speaker Videos onto YouTube: https://youtu.be/oIvdNReeV4k
Sandra McKay was one of the featured speakers at the 2018JALT International Conference. Her title was, “The Need for Diversity and Inclusion in ELT Texts,” and the session took place on November 25, 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM. Her talk was sponsored by the Tokyo JALT Chapter and JALT’s CUE SIG.
Featured Session Abstract:
The presenter will argue that since English is now an international language, it essential for ELT materials to prepare students to use English with individuals from a wide array of cultures. The workshop will present examples of ELT materials from different contexts in order to assess the extent to which they are culturally sensitive. Participants will then be asked to consider how they might be improved to be more internationally diverse and inclusive. (Watch now on YouTube.)
Bio Statement:
Sandra McKay is Professor Emerita of English at San Francisco State University. Her main areas of work and research are second language teacher education and sociolinguistics (with a focus on English as an international language). Her books include Sociolinguistics and Language Education (edited with Nancy Hornberger, 2010, Multilingual Matters) and Teaching and Assessing EIL in Local Contexts Around the World (with J.D. Brown, 2016, Routledge). She has also published widely in international journals.
The theme of JALT’s 44th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition was “Diversity and Inclusion.” JALT2018 was held at the Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center (Granship) in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, from Friday, November 23, to Monday, November 26, 2018. For details on JALT’s upcoming conference as well as other past conferences, please see the conference page on our website.
JALT2019 will be held at WINC AICHI in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, from 1 – 4 November 2019. Our theme in 2019 is “Teacher Efficacy, Learner Agency.”