How to Write Inclusive Materials

Abstract

In his 2021 contribution to the ELTTeacher2Writer series, How to write inclusive materials, Tyson Seburn, an expert language teacher, trainer and materials writer, speaks from his own experience with multicultural and queer identities to second/foreign language (L2) teachers with different expertise in inclusive practices. To use his own metaphor of ELT materials as “a bigger flowing river” of ideologically-driven contents, Seburn’s (2021) fluid writing style eases navigation through toxic inequalities such as heteronormativity, racism, ableism and linguicism (pp. 117-118). The eight-part handbook aims to develop a practical framework for producing all-embracing materials. In this endeavour, he exploits comprehensible glosses, graphic organisers, end-of-book commentaries on sample tasks, topically classified hyperlinks to audiovisual repositories, and further readings, which makes foundational and in-depth knowledge of inclusive education accessible for a wider readership.