Language Policy and Practices in the Global North and South – online lecture
02 11 2021
The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL, The Netherlands) and the Heritage Linguistics Lab (HerLing) cordially invite you for the FIFTH lecture of the LUCL Virtual Research Seminar Series 2 on Language Policy and Practices in the Global North and South. The talk featuring Prof. Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, University of Bath, UK will take place on 03 November via Zoom from 13 -14:30 hours CET. The details are as follows:
Lost in Translation: Parents as Medium Translators in Intergenerational Language Transmission
Abstract: Family Language Policy (FLP) has received increasing attention in recent years. Of central interest is why some children, growing up in a bilingual environment, become monolinguals while other children, growing up in a monolingual society, become bilinguals. Over the past decades, researchers in this field have tried to understand the role FLP plays in bi/multilingual development by examining parental language ideologies, investigating interactions between family members, as well as studying parents’ conscious choices in their discourse strategies. In this talk, I focus on the role of parental beliefs and practices for the process of children’s bilingual development. Parental ideologies are often viewed as the driving forces underpinning the decision-making processes of FLP. Parental ideologies are often shaped by non-linguistic factors associated with broader socioeconomic, sociopolitical and sociocultural forces, resulting in either valuations or de-valuations of bi/multilingualism and multiculturalism. Using examples from previous studies in Canada, China, Singapore and the UK, I will demonstrate how beliefs are instantiated through parental expectations and language use, and translated into language practices in children’s bilingual development or heritage language loss.
Bio: Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen is Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Department of Education, University of Bath, UK. She is Director of the Centre for Research in Education in China and East Asia. Her research interests encompass ideological, sociocultural-cognitive and policy perspectives on children’s multilingual education and biliteracy development. She has examined bi/multilingual community-home-school contexts in the UK, Canada, France, China and Singapore on topics of curriculum policy, language-in-educational policy and family language policy. Her most recent research project is entitled Family Language Policy: A Multi-Level Investigation of Multilingual Practices in Transnational Families, funded by The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She has published widely in the field of applied linguistics.
The full seminar schedule can be found in the following link:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/series/language-policy-and-practices-series
The registration link is as follows:
https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Atf-CrrDIpHtTalMQ7CV6Kbm9DRFJtOmPh
Please remember that a valid zoom account will be required for registration. After registering, the attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please write to me: a.nandi@hum.leidenuniv.nl