Several resources are available to support LGBTQ newcomers. AMSSA in British Columbia has created an information sheet to support settlement service providers:
Free access:
Settlement.org has a comprehensive listing of supports, including practical guides/best practices, courses and online learning and service providers in Ontario.
Free access:
CLB 4+ Teaching resources, including lesson plans, and youtube videos from LISTN:
Free access:
https://listn.tutela.ca/wp-content/uploads/Resources-for-Higher-Levels-LGBT-Rights-and-Communities1.pdf
Breaking News English lesson plan, suitable for intermediate learners. Free access:
http://breakingnewsenglish.com.
Lingthusiasm is an outstanding podcast about linguistics in general. You can choose episodes by topics such as phonetics, morphology, phonology, syntax and more! For example, in Episode 13: What Does it Mean to Sound Black?, the host Gretchen McCulloch interviews Dr. Nicole Holliday, an Assistant Professor of linguistics at Pomona College about her work on the speech of American black/biracial young men, prosody and intonation, and what it means to sound black.
This free podcast on Linguistic Discrimination is available through the Radio Public app (a free download through Google Play or the App Store). You can also listen to it directly through your browser at https://vocalfriespod.com/. Transcripts for most episodes are also available.
The creators provide a list of topics that are ideal for the classroom including the following:
1) Why foreign accents are judged harshly
2) Accent and Identity
3) Bilingual Brains
4) Black English
and
5) "Rez" English.
