It functions as a pedagogical application of a critical discourse analysis (CDA), which is a research approach that regards language as a social practice.
[4][5][6][7] In 2022, Shawna Shapiro published the book Cultivating Critical Language Awareness in the Writing Classroom.
[8] It included chapters describing four pathways teachers can use to implement critical language awareness in the classroom: sociolinguistics, critical academic literacies, media literacy and discourse analysis, and "communicating-across-difference".
[9] Others have argued for the implementation of critical language awareness in other fields such as business and professional communications.
[12] It has also been applied to present small groups of children with tasks which encourage a focus on the similarities and differences between languages.