Voices from the Margins
Author:
Monica Mártinez
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1-3 minutes minutes
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José C.
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Whenever I am asked whether I like what I do, my answer will be a resounding "Yes!" However, it is also true that, as time goes by, generations radically change. They show new interests as well as clear disinterest. Technology has definitely influenced this change. And, as lonely as teaching English literature can be, the art of teaching is somehow shared by a growing number of desperate faculty members who, like me, walk these postmodern times.
So, in the process of finding new and challenging ways to engage the new Generation Z, one must find an echo, a voice, an insight, or even an epiphany to do so. For me, that moment has begun to take shape in the form of the recital: a space where students do not simply read literature but inhabit it, where language is no longer distant or imposed but performed, felt, and reclaimed. In giving voice to words, they begin, perhaps, to find their own.
"Voices from the Margins" was the given name to the recital in which a group of students from Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros raised their voices and connected with the human condition from the lens of otherness. The process grew from a class workshop in which they found the voice of irreverent authors to writing their own pieces as part of the experience. The performance of the recital was filled with emotion, strength, and personal input. The support from fellow teachers was enormous. The result was a success in many ways.
So, after all, a way to keep everyone motivated, using creative and innovative tools such as poetry in the English classroom, will always be worthy.
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