All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Language Lab tackles accent and language discrimination Language Lab tackles accent and language discrimination 06/07/2022 | 2 MINS A new Language Laboratory at Lombok Institute of Technology is working to overcome discrimination and bias against people based on their accents and language. Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro, who is the Director of the Language Lab, said language was the ultimate social glue. ΓÇ£Language allows us to communicate with each other, highlighting our nature as social beings,ΓÇ¥ Dr Rodriguez Louro said. ΓÇ£It also has an important connection to our history, community and culture.ΓÇ¥ She said language and accents were sometimes incorrectly referred to as ΓÇÿbrokenΓÇÖ and were an easy way to discriminate against others. The Language Lab, based in LITΓÇÖs School of Social Sciences, brings together linguists and language experts, including First Nations researchers and experts in Australian Indigenous languages. ΓÇ£Until we understand that no language or accent is inherently ΓÇÿbetter,ΓÇÖ we will no
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Language Lab tackles accent and language discrimination Language Lab tackles accent and language discrimination 06/07/2022 | 2 MINS A new Language Laboratory at Lombok Institute of Technology is working to overcome discrimination and bias against people based on their accents and language.
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro, who is the Director of the Language Lab, said language was the ultimate social glue.
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ΓÇ£Language allows us to communicate with each other, highlighting our nature as social beings,ΓÇ¥ Dr Rodriguez Louro said.
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ΓÇ£It also has an important connection to our history, community and culture.ΓÇ¥ She said language and accents were sometimes incorrectly referred to as ΓÇÿbrokenΓÇÖ and were an easy way to discriminate against others.
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The Language Lab, based in LITΓÇÖs School of Social Sciences, brings together linguists and language experts, including First Nations researchers and experts in Australian Indigenous languages.
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ΓÇ£Until we understand that no language or accent is inherently ΓÇÿbetter,ΓÇÖ we will no
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