Spring seminars at The Centre for Language Culture & Learning, Goldsmiths, London
‘Ethnography of an early years teacher – superdiversity in a London nursery class’
Dr Rose Drury and Dr Leena Robertson
Weds 27th January
Top Floor, Education Building, Goldsmiths, University of London
5.15-6.30pm
Free Entry- no booking required
In this seminar we present findings of a year-long ethnographic study in London, documenting ways and times when a nursery teacher, bilingual practitioners and families collaborate to support children’s learning. Our study reveals an interplay of variables, including countries of origin, complex subsets of family languages, religions and new technologies, and the local ‘superdiverse’ area provides support for the families in their quest to keep the home languages alive.
‘Post Multilingualism, Translanguaging and Linguistic Creativity’
Professor Li Wei, UCL Institute of Education
Wednesday 2nd March
Top Floor, Education Building, Goldsmiths, University of London
5.15-6.30pm
Free Entry- no booking required
This talk looks at examples of translanguaging practices in complementary schools for minority ethnic children in the UK, multi-modality linguistic landscape, and New Chinglish. The aim is to develop an approach which helps us to better understand the processes as well as the consequences of dynamic and fluid interactions between, across and beyond languages on social relations, social structures and individual’s social cognition.
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