SM Kabir May 24, 2017 0 Comments latl SM Kabir’s profile page SM presents his work in this short video. Transcript below. Hi everyone. I’m S.M. Kabir, a PhD student at the University of Canterbury. My research focus is on listening skills in the context of Bangladesh. I have chosen this topic or area because in my country listening is not included […] Read More
Thinh Le 0 Comments latl Thinh’s University of Canterbury profile page Thinh’s research Thinh presents his research as a poster (transcript beneath video) Kia ora, Hi. My name’s Thinh If you are using technology and if you want to find out the result, this presentation may be very interesting for you. As you may know, high school […] Read More
Third UC Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages Symposium: Challenges and Benefits May 11, 2017 0 Comments latl Third UC Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages Symposium: Challenges and Benefits A free asynchronous symposium, online from Monday 11 December 2017 Convened by Una Cunningham and Jeanette King, University of Canterbury We welcome researchers, students, teachers and community members who are interested in the challenges and benefits of Intergenerational transmission of minority languages to this third […] Read More
How can a grandmother support her grandchild’s bilingualism? April 23, 2017 0 Comments latl Question I was at one of your lecture/workshops recently – it was really interesting. Thanks for organising this for the community. It was great to get some ideas about supporting minority language retention. As I was walking home, I was contemplating the situation I find myself in as a grandmother. My (the maternal) side of […] Read More
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
Community language on community radio March 11, 2017 0 Comments latl Community language discussion on community radio with LATL-labbers Una Cunningham and Jin Kim. Listen to the podcast. Read More
Bilingualism: a conversation with Monica Axelsson 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
Sharing ideas to enhance linguistic landscapes in education March 8, 2017 0 Comments latl earlychildhoodeducation,Language,languagelearning,LanguageTeaching Material here shares ideas on how educators can enhance their linguistic landscape to visibly value languages important to their students. Read More