Dealing with increasing linguistic diversity in multicultural Europe

[Christina Paulston]

On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Harold Schiffman wrote:

> Forwarded From: Linguistics, Ph.D. Program <linguistics at gc.cuny.edu>
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> RISLUS Reports: Guus Extra, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
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> Dealing with increasing linguistic diversity in multicultural Europe
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> Monday, April 27, 2009
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> 6:30pm
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> Room C198
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> Abstract: Linguistic diversity is generally conceived of as a
> constituent characteristic of European identity. However, some
> languages play a more important role in the European public and
> political discourse on “celebrating linguistic diversity”. The
> constellation of languages in Europe actually functions as a
> descending hierarchy of English as a lingua franca for transnational
> communication, the national or “official state” languages of European
> countries, regional minority languages and immigrant minority
> languages across Europe. Whereas the national languages of Europe are
> celebrated most at the EU level, with English increasingly on top,
> regional minority languages are celebrated less and immigrant minority
> languages least.
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> Against the background of ongoing processes of globalisation and
> international migration, an inclusive perspective will be offered on
> the constellation of all of these languages as part of Europe’s
> identity. The focus of the talk will be on mapping diversity in
> multicultural societies and on dealing with plurilingualism in
> education. The following topics will be addressed from these two
> perspectives.
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> Mapping linguistic diversity in multicultural societies
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> •       methodological issues, concepts and paradigms
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> •       criteria for the definition and identification of population
> groups in multicultural societies
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> •       types of data bases: census data, register data and survey  
> data
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> •       mapping diversity in non-European English-dominant  
> immigration countries
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> •       mapping diversity in European Union countries
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> Dealing with plurilingualism in education
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> •       moving away from a monolingual mindset
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> •       European institutions as agents of plurilingualism
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> •       attitudes of European citizens towards plurilingualism
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> •       experiences with plurilingual education for immigrant  
> minority children
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> •       beyond integration: the enhancement of plurilingual education
> for all children
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> We hope to see you at the talk!
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> Leigh Garrison
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> Assistant to the Directors
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> Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS)
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> Graduate Center, CUNY
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> 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
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> 212-817-8511
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> rislus at gc.cuny.edu
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> http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Linguistics/rislus/
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