Linguistics in the School Curriculum Committee

Thinking of teaching linguistics in K-12? Here are some resources for you! The LSA's Linguistics in the School Curriculum Committee (LiSC) is pleased to recommend these selected resources for Language and Linguistics in K-12 Education. Suggestions and updates are welcome; please contact the Secretariat. The LSA is pleased to offer a complimentary membership for K-12 teachers. Complete the form here for consideration.

Connect with teachers doing linguistics:

AP Linguistics Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/920672534702255/
High School Teachers Incorporating Linguistics Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/796321213842299/
@linguistihawk on Twitter (Amy Plackowski)

Resources of general interest (any grade level)

Center for Applied Linguistics: http://www.cal.org/
Endangered Languages Project: http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/
LSA's Linguistics in the School Curriculum Committee: https://www.linguisticsociety.org/about/who-we-are/committees/language-school-curriculum
Linguistics in Education website maintained by Kristin Denham: https://teachling.wwu.edu/
North Carolina Language and Life Project: https://languageandlife.org/
North Carolina State University Dialect Education Resources: https://linguistics.chass.ncsu.edu/thinkanddo/dialecteducation.php
Teachers’ Guide for Talking Black in America film: https://www.talkingblackinamerica.org/category/resources/
Voices of North Carolina Dialect Awareness Curriculum: https://projects.ncsu.edu/project/voicesofnc/resource.htm
Wayne O’Neil’s papers on Linguistics and Education: http://web.mit.edu/waoneil/www/k12/

Books and articles discussing linguistics in K-12

Bateman, 2019. Linguistics in Middle School: Incorporating Linguistics in Project-Based Learning
Loosen, 2014. High School Linguistics: A secondary school elective course

Resources for High School

LSA Committee on AP Linguistics: https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/committee-ap-linguistics
North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad: https://www.nacloweb.org/
Student-created website for exploring different aspects of linguistics: https://mylinguage.org/

Resources for Middle School

Linguistics in Education blog maintained by Kristin Denham: http://middleschoolling.blogspot.com/