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Inside LGTBQI+ communities: educational proposals in an evolving heteronormative world
Marga Navarrete (University College London)
BIODATA: Marga Navarrete is a Lecturer (Teaching) and a Spanish Language Coordinator at University College London, UK, where she also teaches Spanish, translation and localisation at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research focuses on the impact of audiovisual translation (AVT) tasks on language learners’ competence. She has taken part in a number of AVT collaborative research studies on language learning, including the TRADILEX project, where she is designing AVT tasks and disseminating lessons learnt.
ABSTRACT: This paper highlights the main topics covered by the speakers in the LGBTQI+ issues in modern languages and translation education series of talks. It discusses how the lack of early studies in LGTBQI+ and the invisibility of these communities in translation and language teaching has traditionally been the norm in schools and universities. Thus, it is essential to integrate LGTBQI+ research on theoretical and social levels in university programmes and to acknowledge civil rights for oppressed groups.
More recently, it seems that this situation might be evolving thanks to the raising of practitioners and researchers’ awareness which is helping to facilitate inclusion in their lessons. This can be achieved by adding topics related to this reality and by the teaching of linguistic formulas on how to address people in such a way that avoids inequalities. Therefore, the educators’ role is that of developing a greater understanding of a diverse society whilst dealing with potential opportunities that might arise in the classroom to promote inclusion.
There is a lack of appropriate materials already designed and published, so teachers need to search for authentic resources or adapt them for their learning contexts. As definitions of certain topics tend to be inaccurate, it is key to have a clear idea of the concept of intersectionality and its
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