Multilingualism and multiliteracy workshop: Multilingualism and educational challenges
Date: 28 & 29 November 2019
Location: Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
The MultiLila workshop brought together nearly 50 academics and researchers from India and the UK to discuss the benefits and challenges of multilingualism in the classroom and the society.
Click on the links in the programme below to view the presentation slides.
Thursday 28 November 2019
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9.30 – 10.15 |
The MultiLila project |
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10.15 – 11.15 |
Educating children with disabilities in |
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11.15 – 11.30 |
Coffee/tea break |
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11.30 – 12.15 |
Do schools teach mathematics? Redefining the learning goals for the urban poor, migrants and multilinguals (Minati Panda - JNU, Delhi) |
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12.15 – 13.00 |
Language mixing and translanguaging: |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 – 14.45 |
Does narrative ability and story grammar |
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14.45 – 15.30 |
Multilingualism and cognitive skills in |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee/tea break |
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16.00 – 17.00 |
On the relationship between socioeconomic |
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17.00 – 17.30 |
Wrap up |
Friday 29 November 2019
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9.30 – 10.30 |
The longitudinal relationship between vocabulary and grammar in EAL learners (Ludovica Serratrice - Reading) |
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10.30 – 11.15 |
How ready are Indian children for English |
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11.15 – 11.30 |
Coffee/tea break |
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11.30 – 12.15 |
Reflections on a teacher training |
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12.15 – 13.00 |
Multiliteracy in the UK in action: learning to |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 – 15.00 |
From Mother Tongue instruction in |
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15.00 – 15.30 |
Coffee/tea break |
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15.30 – 17.00 |
Round table discussion: Language |
