Language diversity and participation across generations and contexts

Generation Literacies international research network hosts a free 2-day research symposium devoted to language diversity and participation across generations and contexts.

• December 10 and 11, 2021
• Online (register your attendance here)
• For researchers in education and language in social life

Language diversity is a feature of all contemporary differentiated societies around the globe. Due to migration, globalization and new communication technologies, individuals need to cope with and be able to use multiple languages in order to actively participate in the society. This symposium contextualizes the potential of multiliteracy throughout an individuals’ lifespan in multiple contexts (academia, education, home and workplace). For one, the symposium looks at the development and support of multiliteracy in the family, through the educational path, until integration in the work place. More specifically, the talks give insight into how families use digital media and how professionals in school deal and foster multiliteracy. Subsequently, as individuals get older, multilateral skills become an asset for professional success, also in academic settings.

Languages Forum Update November 2021

 A update with some language-related news and local activities 

OVERVIEW OF UPDATE

Local news and activities

• ANU Language Teaching Forum, Mon 8 November 4.15-5.00pm. Contact yanyin.zhang@anu.edu.au or see Update for zoom link
• Canberra Academy of Languages (CAL)
• Enrolling now for Year 11 and 12 programs commencing in 2022 
• Japanese Summer School, January 2022
• Spanish Australian Preschool now accepting enrolments for January 2022.
• ACT Bilingual Education Alliance (ACTBEA)
• Follow up to October 'Celebration of Languages' and Video recordings of sessions 
• Sharing Languages and Cultures competition watch this space for results 
• Review of Investment in ACT Community Language Schools now to be released in December
• Locally organised Conferences and Symposium (online)
• New Approaches to Chinese Language Education during and Post COVID 19, Sun 7 November 9.30am-5.30pm  free registration for ACT teachers. 
• Multilingualism, culture-language maintenance and education in Asia and the Pacific. Thurs 18, Fri 19, and Thurs 25 November 

Other news and activities

• PEaCH, free resources supporting parents and educators of bilingual children
• For parents: How to raise a bilingual child and
• For educators: How to support multilingual children 
• Language friendly school initiative - Promoting language-friendly learning environments where all children feel accepted and valued for who they are. 
• Upcoming conferences and symposia related to languages education (all online) 
• Growing TESOL in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander context, Mon 8 November 4.30-6pm
• International Conference on Community/Heritage Language Education, Thurs 11 to Sat 13 Nov.  For full program
• Digital tools for formative assessment practices in EFL tertiary contexts: Bridging the distance between structured and autonomous learning, Fri 12 November 1-3pm.
• Decentring and Diversifying Languages and Cultures, LCNAU Colloquium, Wed 24 - Fri 26 November 
• The Value of Languages in a Multicultural World, Mon 13 - Wed 15 December 2021. 

For full copy of Update, click HERE

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