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Public Language Awards Committee
The charge of the Public Language Award Committee is to:
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- identify, address, and promote interest in and knowledge of language used in public spaces;
- promote discussion of public language use;
- provide awareness of public language education;
- uphold these charges in selecting the recipients of the annual George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language;
- uphold these charges in annually identifying multiple examples of glaringly deceptive language to be known as The Year in Doublespeak;
- uphold these charges by contributing new lesson plans and/or revisions to older contributions to ReadWriteThink, with annually updated positive and negative examples of public language use.
The Public Language Award Committee administered the Doublespeak Award from 1974 to 2020. While the award was sunsetted in 2022, you can view the archive page here.
Area(s) of Expertise
Awards; Committees
Committee Member Expectations
- Attend meetings​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
- Support the chair in their vision and ideas for the committee by using your skills, expertise, and time ​
- Provide input on the workings of the ³¦´Ç³¾³¾¾±³Ù³Ù±ð±ðÌýÌý
- Select the George Orwell Award winner annually
- Select examples of Doublespeak for The Year in Doublespeak
- Assist with the Public Language Committee’s protected session at Annual Convention​
General Information
- Time Commitment: Over 1 year
- Deadline: No deadline
- Position Type: Appointed by Committee Chair
- Convention travel preferred
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Questions? Contact ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵCommittees@ncte.org