[RNLD] MLIP Tuesday 14th July: Language in education in multilingual contexts led by Felix Ameka

[Ruth Singer]

*Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the pub Tuesday **14th July*

****************PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
VENUE************************************


*Language in education in multilingual contexts: beyond 'mother tongue'
education*
Discussion led by Felix Ameka (Leiden University)

Linguists promote the benefits of  “mother-tongue” education, especially in
the first years of primary education. Linguistic human rights advocates
argue that if a child is not taught in their first language, then the
child’s basic linguistic human rights are violated (e.g. Babaci-Wilhite
2014). However the notion of the 'mother tongue' is inappropriate in highly
multilingual contexts (see e.g. Lüpke and Storch 2013). In these
contexts, children
can be disadvantaged by 'mother tongue' policies in education that favour
the use of a single standardised language in education. I will discuss the
case of Ewe-speaking children in Sokode, Ghana who use a colloquial Central
Ewe variety at home and struggle with the standard Ewe used in the school. I
advocate a multi-lectal, multilingual, multi-modal approach to language in
education that eschews an opposition between so called exoglossic national
languages and local indigenous languages.


Date:             Tuesday 14th July
Time:             6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:           Function room (towards the rear, on the left)

Naughton's Parkville hotel (NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE)

43 Royal Parade
Parkville Melbourne Victoria (03) 9347 2255

Food and drinks available at the venue
Please note: food is a little more expensive at this venue
http://www.parkvillehotel.com.au/index.php/menu/

LIP is LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists
and linguists in Melbourne and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: Ruth
Singer (Melbourne Uni), Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan Ray,
Giordana Santosuosso and Jonathon Lum (Monash Uni)

Contact Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne) with any questions:
rsinger at unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Ruth Singer
DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow
Linguistics Program and Research Unit for Indigenous Language
School of Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
University of Melbourne 3010
Tel. +61 3 90353774
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer
http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
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