Aims
The project approaches the challenge of finding methods for raising sociolinguistic awareness on matters related to language stereotyping among teacher trainees on all levels, with the aim that metalinguistic knowledge be translated into professional language practice. Methods build on digital matched-guise methods that give students a deeper understanding of conceived identity-related phenomena in language. The specific aims of the project include:
- developing innovative methods using digital media for exposing subjects to their own linguistic stereotyping, biases and prejudices and to raise awareness of these
- and to systematically explore ways of testing the efficiency of these methods with the aim to develop an effective and reliable method for raising language awareness related to linguistic stereotyping.
In addition the C-RAVE introduces a cross-cultural perspective to the project where the specific aims include the explorations of:
- how responses to the same material differ between cultural contexts and,
- how methods can be developed for using the above findings as a starting point for raising awareness about how stereotyping is culturally bound and how it may differ from culture to culture.