Linguistic Landscape Assignment

Assignment Description: The languages we see in print around us (our linguistic landscape) are significant because they give us “information about the population of a neighbourhood, signal what languages are prominent and valued in public and private spaces and index the social positioning of people who identify with particular languages” (Dagenais et al., 2009, p. 254).  This assignment is designed to increase your critical awareness about issues related to language. The assignment involves taking digital photos and analyzing them in writing. Through this activity, you will examine how your own identities are shaped in interaction with diverse languages of print in the linguistic landscape in which you live.