The Multilingual University: The impact of linguistic diversity in higher education in English-dominant and EMI contexts
ESRC seminar series
Seminar 1: Multilingual Learning and Transnational Networks in HE in English-dominant and EMI settings: What bi/multilingual and transnational students learn from each other beyond the classroom
Friday 14th November 2014, Birkbeck, University of London, 9.30-4.30pm
Aside from their formal tuition, university students spend considerable amounts of their time in interactions with their peers outside the setting of the classroom. For bi/ multilingual students these interactions involve making use of diverse linguistic repertoires and transnational resources. What impact does this multilingual, transnational, and transcultural interaction have on these students’ knowledge construction and identity development during and beyond their university years? How can this linguistically diverse interactional space be used as a useful resource by HEIs in English-dominant and EMI settings? What are the implications of linguistic diversity for the internationalisation agenda in HE? The seminar explores questions such as these, with interactive discussions with scholars with an interest in bi/ multilingualism, bi/ multilingual postgraduate research students and early career researchers and staff who are responsible for and experienced with the learning and welfare of international students.
Speakers include Li Wei (Birkbeck), Patsy Duff (University of British Colombia), Siân Preece, Lesley Gourlay, Lin Pan and Tinghe Jin (Institute of Education, University of London) Hilary Davis (Royal Literary Fund Fellow, translator and poet)
The seminar will include short papers from academics, early career researchers, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy makers as well as break out groups and a discussant. There will be plenty of time for discussion and sharing of ideas.
There is no charge for registration and tea, coffee and lunch will be provided. 12 travel bursaries of up to £75 each are available for those attending the seminar from outside London who are either postgraduate students, part time teachers and researchers, or unwaged participants. These will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Seminar participation is limited to 30 places. To register, please click on the following link:
http://store.ioe.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=171&catid=92&prodid=316
Seminar 1 Organisers: Siân Preece, [log in to unmask] & Li Wei, [log in to unmask]
Seminar Series Administrator: Rakhi Kabawala, [log in to unmask]
This 2-year seminar series (supported by the ESRC) is a collaboration between the following universities: Institute of Education (Siân Preece), Birkbeck (Li Wei), Birmingham (Angela Creese & Adrian Blackledge), Strathclyde (Joanna McPake) and Lleida (David Block). There will be 6 events in the seminar series.
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