Description
Testimonio writing
- Write a Testimonial to highlight and counter a particular myth/stereotype/misconception about you.
- Write an Urgent Message to Educators explaining what you think teachers/professors should do to address the issues you raised in your Testimonio.
- Be sure to integrate the following all readings:
a. Ogbu (1987)
b. Gibson & Koyama (2011)
c. Lin, Drake & Conchas (2015)
d. Aranda & Vaquera
*Testimonio writing is “told in the first person…and …[its] unit of narration is usually a ‘life’ or a significant life experience.” (Beverley, 1996)
You could write your Testimonio as a mini autobiography, a diary, a graphic novel, an interview, a poem, etc.
Testimonial writing is a way to give voice while narrating stories of oppression and marginalization.