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Queering EFL classroom
Instruction manual
This instruction manual will help you to apply and use all the materials you can find in Queering EFL classrooms: The Guide.
Read it before you use them to have a better scope and if you have any doubts, drop us a message!
Unit 1 - Inclusive professions
Here you can find:
1. A video about inclusive professions
In ELTPedia we recognize the importance of being inclusive when we speak. For this reason, we would like to encourage you to start using inclusive vocabulary when you speak. Let’s start with the professions. Have you ever been in a situation in which you are not sure about someone’s pronouns or gender and want to talk about their professions? Use these inclusive words!
Do not forget to be inclusive when you speak!
2. Flashcards of inclusive professions
Add inclusive professions flashcards to your lesson. Supports your teaching with this didactic material that allows vocabulary learning and opens your students' field of vision about the importance of using professions that are inclusive of their names.
3. A worksheet of inclusive professions
Test out your knowledge about inclusive professions! In this worksheet, you can find fun exercises to practice the vocabulary learned with flashcards.
Unit 2 - Diverse family and environments
Here you can find:
1. Inclusive Family Poster
Decorate your classroom while normalizing love! In this poster, you can find all the different types of families that we have in our society. It contains images and its members.
2. Role Plays
Stimulated role-play situations in which students work together to accomplish and construct critical thinking regarding new inclusive patterns.
Unit 3 - LGBTQIA+ Testimonies
Here you can find:
1. LGBTQIA + Testimonies Reading
Apply to your EFL classes real-life stories reading that will help your students to understand the importance of the contributions that these activists have done to the country and the LGBTQIA + community.
2. LGBTQIA + Testimonies worksheet
After the LGBTQIA + reading, use this worksheet to do an interaction between your students and the content itself. Raise awareness on the importance of diverse identities in the classroom and in society.
3. Juan Pablo´s Interview
Are you searching for an EIL (English as an International Language) video with LGBTQIA+ or Queer content?
Here you have an interview with Juan Pablo Jaramillo in a multimodal video (listening and reading), an LGBTQIA+ activist and influencer in Colombia, and how his experience as a gay influencer has changed his life and his education process. )
4. Juan Pablo´s Worksheet
Along with the video “Juan Pablo Jaramillo’s Interview”, you can use a worksheet design to evaluate listening and reading comprehension. Promote tolerance and safe spaces for students to tell anecdotes and experiences regarding LGBTQIA+ issues.
Unit 4 LGBTQIA+ concepts and History
Here you can find:
1. LGBTQIA+ Concept Video
In this video, we want to teach you what LGBTQIA+ stands for. Be ready to finally understand some concepts that you might have felt not sure about.
If you have any questions about the acronym, write down your questions in the comment section, and remember to ask for someone’s sexual orientation and pronouns before referring to them!
2. LGBTQIA+ History Video
Learn about the international and Colombian LGBTQIA+ history by watching this video with your students. Raise awareness on the history and memory of the people who have fought for LGBTQIA+ rights all around the world.
3. LGBTQIA+ History Worksheet
Complementary worksheet to measure students’ understanding of important history concepts regarding queer and its scopes.
4. LGBTQIA+ Pronouns Poster
A creative and colorful poster focused on pronouns and inclusive terms. You can use it as a way to explain or summarize the topic of inclusive pronouns and terms, or it can be used as a decoration for your classroom.