Problems experienced by parents and carers in raising children bilingually March 12, 2017 0 Comments latl At our third LATL-lab Parent and carer workshop on raising children bilingually on 3rd November 2016, we asked participants to share problems they have experienced on post-its and pass them to the front. Here they are! We will be addressing some of these problems parents and carers have experienced raising children bilingually in these pages, […] Read More
Motivating children to speak a home language 0 Comments latl In September 2016 the LATL-lab held a workshop at the University of Canterbury for parents and carers on Motivating reluctant children to speak a home language. This was the second workshop for parents and carers. Read about the others on our Events page. The participants were invited to share their ideas for increasing the input […] Read More
See Monica Axelsson’s Prestige Lecture on newly-arrived migrants in Swedish schools 0 Comments latl For those who weren’t able to attend Professor Monica Axelsson’s Prestige Lecture at the University of Canterbury on 9 February 2017, here is a second chance. The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria have forced a high number of people to leave their countries and seek refuge elsewhere. Sweden, in the north of Europe, has […] Read More
Bilingualism: a conversation with Monica Axelsson March 11, 2017 0 Comments latl Monica Axelsson and Una Cunningham on bilingualism See Monica Axelsson and Una Cunningham in conversation at Una’s home in Christchurch, New Zealand about bilingualism, and the difference between bilingualism and multilingualism. They also discuss the meaning of terms like first language, or L1, second language or L2, foreign language and home language, andwhether or not […] Read More
South Korean language policy and the erasure of Jejueo December 31, 2016 0 Comments latl Abstract South Korea is considered one of the most linguistically homogenous countries worldwide, and this image is promulgated by governmental policies, the educational system, and linguistic scholars. In South Korean schools, the majority of classroom hours are allocated to “correct use of the Korean language” (Song 2012:30) and popular television shows promote prescriptivist grammar and […] Read More