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Family language policy: Connecting local, national and transnational perspe...

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Family language policy: Connecting local, national and transnational perspe...

by Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Professor Li Wei and Professor Zhu H...

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Date and time

Thu, 5 Sep 2019, 10:00 –

Fri, 6 Sep 2019, 18:00 BST

Location

Rooms 642 and 639, Institute of Education

University College London

20 Bedford Way

London

WC1H 0AL

United Kingdom

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Description

Organising Committee: Li Wei, Zhu Hua, and Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen

This two-day symposium brings together scholars and researchers working in the field of Family Language Policy (FLP). In recent years FLP has become a major research area where researchers seek to generate new knowledge, employ new methods and develop new theories about the dynamic sociocultural practices of families.

This symposium is organised by the UK-based research project, Family Language Policy, 2017-2019, funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council, UK) and headed by Prof Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen (University of Bath), Prof Li Wei (UCL IoE) and Prof Zhu Hua (Birkbeck, University of London).

The symposium highlights recent research developments in different sociopolitical contexts, different sociocultural communities and regarding different types of linguistic/media practices. It focuses on three major research projects, funded by the national research councils: in the UK https://familylanguagepoli.wixsite.com/familylanguagepolicy; in Finland https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/kivi/henkilosto/henkilosto/palviainen-asa/whatsinapp, and in Norway MultiFam: Family language policy in multilingual transcultural families.

The symposium will contribute to discussions on local, national and transnational connections of family language policy research.


Programme

The programme includes three blocks of presentations from three project teams, covering their major findings, with emphasis on emerging themes, innovative methods and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of FLP. It features an additional keynote from Professor Annick De Houwer (Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Director, Harmonious Bilingualism Network (HaBilNet), University of Erfurt, Germany). It concludes with a panel/roundtable discussion.



Day 1: Thursday 5th September


8:30-9:00 Registration and coffee

9:00-9:05 Introduction by Professor Li Wei (UCL IoE)

9:05-9:15 Opening Speech by Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen

(University of Bath)

9:15-9:50 Keynote by Prof Annick De Houwer (University of Erfurt, Germany)

Bringing Input Studies and FLP Research Together


9:50-10:00 Coffee break


10:00-12:30 Multilevel investigation of Family Language Policy in the UK

Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Zhu Hua and Li Wei: The National Survey

Sahra Abdullahi (UCL IoE): The role of literacy in language ideology and practice within the Somali community.

Dr Jing Huang (University of Bath): Reconceptualising heritage: mobility, diversification, and family language management in British Chinese communities.

Dr Kinga Kozminska (Birkbeck, University of London): Changing language ideologies and practices of Polish-speaking migrants in the UK post the BREXIT vote.

12:30-14:00 *Lunch


14:00-16:45 MultiFam: Family language policy in multilingual transcultural families in Norway

Keynote:

Prof Elizabeth Lanza (University of Oslo): Introduction of MultiFam

Dr. Rafael Lomeu Gomes:

Translanguaging families into being: parental language ideologies, use, and negotiation in a Brazilian-Norwegian family in Norway

Dr. Maria Obojska:

Polish adolescents and their families in Norway – multilingualism, stance and language ideologies

Dr. Kristin Vold Lexander:

Transnational family language policy? Doing family in digitally mediated communication


Day 2: Friday 6th September


10:00-12:30 What’s in the App? Digitally-mediated communication within contemporary multilingual families across time and space in Finland

Keynote Prof Åsa Palviainen (University of Jyväskylä):

How and why to study what is in the app: Digitally-mediated communication within Polish-, Russian- and Swedish-speaking families in Finland

Prof Lyn Wright:

Russian speakers in Finland: Digital communication, identity, and belonging

Dr Joanna Kędra:

Mapping family constellations and communication practices of Polish transnational families living in Finland


12:30-14:00 Lunch


14:00-16:00 Roundtable and panel discussion: Connections and Future directions

Prof Zhu Hua (Birkbeck), chair

Panelists:

Dr Vally Lytra (Goldsmiths), Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Elizabeth Lanza, Åsa Palviainen, Li Wei

16:10 Conference conclusion

18:30 Conference dinner*


*Lunch is not provided free of charge, but the conference registration is free. Participants are invited to attend the dinner (expected cost around £20

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