Equity and Cultural-Linguistic Diversity

2062V - From Whitening the Tongue to Challenging the Ears of White Supremacy: Transforming Accent Services

ON-DEMAND

Format: 1-Hour Seminar (Virtual)

Audience: Researchers, Related Professionals

Keywords: Accent modification, Linguistic racism, White supremacy

Presenting Author(s)

Vijay Ramjattan

University of Toronto

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Betty Yu, PhD, CCC-SLP

Associate Professor
San Francisco State University

This session is developed by, and presenters invited by, Equity and Cultural-Linguistic Diversity. This seminar argues for a transformation of accent modification services by moving away from changing the tongues and other speech organs of clients to challenging individual and institutional listening practices that create the need for accent modification in the first place. This transformation requires challenging the pervasive

Learning Objectives:

Describe The current perspectives on language differences that considers the role of racism in listener perceptions
Explain Differences between accent "modification" and pronunciation teaching
Evaluate The current use of accent "modification" services in SLHS