Dear Colleagues

I only heard this terrible news this morning but imagine some of you may have known Peter quite well and may be attending service/ wake.

We were colleagues at Leicester. This is just to say that if anyone is going and arriving by train, I would happily pick you up from station. Just get in touch. The service/ wake are about half an hour from the station/ city centre, so you would need to be there by 1.30 - 1.45

Best wishes
Audrey

Professor Audrey Osler
Director
Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education
University of Leeds
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Subject: [Baalmail] Peter Martin



Dear colleagues

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death, on Friday
24th April, of Peter Martin, a dear friend and colleague, who made a
considerable contribution to the study and understanding of applied
linguistics.

Peter Martin was Professor of Education and Linguistics at the
University of East London. He taught at primary, secondary and tertiary
levels in the UK and in Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi
Arabia. He previously worked at the University of Brunei Darussalam
(1985-1998), and at the University of Leicester (1998-2005).
Peter Martin's research interests and publications centred around
multilingualism, and the relation between language, culture and
identity. His early work, which emerged from a period of employment in
Southeast Asia, looked at linguistic and sociolinguistic issues in
multilingual settings, and particularly multilingualism in educational
contexts. This research included analysis of classroom interaction,
especially bilingual classroom interaction, language policy, planning
and practice, and new Englishes. His later work focuses on multilingual
classroom ecologies and on complementary schools in England. He
completed two ESRC-sponsored studies on multilingualism in complementary
schools, both rated 'Outstanding' by the funding council. The first of
these studies investigated Gujarati complementary schools in Leicester,
while the second extended to Bengali, Chinese, Turkish and Gujarati
schools in Birmingham, Manchester, London, and Leicester respectively
(and involved the University of Birmingham, Birkbeck College London,
Kings College University and the University of East London). The latter
study (i) explored the social, cultural and linguistic significance of
complementary schools both within their communities and in the wider
society; (ii) developed innovative ethnographic team methodologies used
in the  previous project in Leicester, and (iii) contributed to policy
and practice in the inclusion of complementary schools in the wider
educational agenda. Peter Martin also worked on the interface between
language policy and practice in classrooms in post-colonial contexts. A
further strand of his research was on the sociolinguistics of
Austronesian language communities in Borneo, and the compilation of a
dictionary of Kelabit (a minority, unwritten language, spoken by around
5000 people in the uplands of Borneo). Peter Martin's research has
developed and extended our understandings of multilingualism, language
education, and language in society. His teaching enriched the learning
and lives of generations of students. As a colleague and friend he was
endlessly generous, kind, and good-humoured. He will be greatly missed.
Peter Martin is survived by his wife, Ubong, and his four children,
Anis, Lian, Supang and Sarah. A funeral service will be held on Friday
8th May 2009 at 2:30pm, at Gilroes Crematorium, Groby Road, Leicester,
LE3 9QG.

>From about 3.15 pm there will be a wake at The Gynsills, Leicester
Road,
Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8HB (Located at the entrance to Leicestershire
county hall, Glenfield and sign-posted 'Premier Inn'). For catering
purposes, if you plan to attend the wake please e-mail Lian Martin:
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A service of remembrance will be held at University of East London on
27th June.
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