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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 GB Leeds LS2 9JT e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.leeds.ac.uk/cchre<http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cchre> -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angela Creese Sent: 05 May 2009 09:34 To: [log in to unmask] 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: [log in to unmask] A service of remembrance will be held at University of East London on 27th June. _______________________________________________ Baalmail mailing list [log in to unmask] http://lists.leeds.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/baalmail ________________________________ *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html A quick guide to using Jiscmail lists can be found at: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/help/using/quickuser.htm To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]