Explore the growing digital archive of deaf history in Australia.
Activity: Language for Empowerment
Language for Empowerment

Students analyse a text to identify how it uses language with the aim of involving and empowering people.

Sources

‘Why Deaf People Must Write’ by Karen Lloyd (1980s)

Outcomes:

Students understand how language can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people

Key Concepts/Vocabulary:

Language used to align the reader or indicate shared assumptions.

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