PPT-Languages in Contact Results of Bilingualism & Multilingualism

Language Choice Asymmetric principle of multilingualism Some languages are more valued than another The larger the number of desired roles a language enables its speakers to play in a given society the higher its place on the hierarchy amp vice versa. Science and common sense in language acquisition. Stephen . Matthews. University . of Hong Kong. Outline. Common sense as unreliable in science. Linguistics as the science of language. Common sense is unreliable as a guide language: some examples. Definitions & Distinctions. Minimal and Maximal. Incipient bilingualism – minimal competence in a second language (e.g. tourists phrases and words). “Native-like control” of two or more languages (. Yalda M. . Kaveh. NNETESOL 2013 . University of Southern Maine/Boston College. Yalda Kaveh (@. Yalda_Kv. ). Email: . Kaveh@bc.edu. . Bilingual or Monolingual, Why Should . W. e Care. ?. 52.7. % of Europeans are fluent in at least one language . Rhiannon Ashley, Laura Neidhart, Penny Simpson & William Cotter.  . Welsh Language Policy in Devolution Wales. Wales has two official languages: Welsh and English.. In 2011, 19% of the population spoke Welsh (562,000 people). . K.T.KHADER. SOCIOLINUISTICS. IUG- GAZA. The Language of Diversity. The language of diversity is an evolving one that requires awareness, understanding and skill much in the same way as other areas of diversity competencies. Language provides a means for communication among and between individuals and groups. Language serves as a vehicle for expressing thoughts and feelings. And when it comes to diversity, language can be a bridge for building relationships, or a tool for creating and maintaining divisions across differences. Having a common language for talking about and across difference is essential for breaking down divisions and working towards achieving understanding and partnership. In developing a common language around diversity it is important that language be affirming and not about creating blame, guilt or pity. Jennifer Manly. HNS Conference. November 2015. Overview. Examples of gaps in knowledge with impact on practice. Bilingualism as protective factor. Neuropathology among African Americans with AD. Interdisciplinary approaches. Caroline Kerfoot and Christopher Stroud . Centre for Research on Bilingualism,. Stockholm University . Overview. situate UWC within the broader tertiary education landscape . argue for . enaggement. Angela Pack Zia, Executive Director. Think Bilingual Austin. Isolating vs. Bridging. Grammatical Structure and Form. Memorization of Vocabulary and Phrases. Accuracy of Material Learned. Ability to Communicate was Secondary. University of South Florida, Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. November 17. th. , 2017. Georgetown University. LOURDES ORTEGA. Please cite as:. Ortega, L. (2017). SLA, Multilingualism, and Social Justice. Invited talk at the University of South Florida’s Department of World Languages and Ph.D. Program in Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (LALS), Tampa, FL, November 17.. Author: Georges . Ludi. Multilingualism. Normality . and . values assigned . Traditional . View Holistic View . “If it were possible for a child to live in two languages equally well, so much the worse. His intellectual and spiritual growth would not be doubled, but halved. Unity of mind and character would have great difficulty in asserting itself in such circumstances (1980) Professor from Cambridge).” . Multilingualism: . The personal, social and school perspectives. Astana, 2016. Elite . Olshtain. A multilingual dinner conversation. www.freepik.com. Hebrew. English. Yiddish. Hebrew. French. German. Andrew Lynch. University of Miami. How do we define a HL?. “A defining distinction between heritage language and foreign language acquisition is that heritage language acquisition begins in the home, as opposed to foreign language acquisition which, at least initially, usually begins in a classroom . Judith . F. . Kroll. Department of Psychology. Center for Language . Science. Program in Linguistics. Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA 16802 . USA. E-mail: . jfk7@psu.edu. October 3, 2013. A mother language is spoken by groups of people who become separated by time and distance. Those groups then form new languages based on a common origin.. LANGUAGE FAMILY. : a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed before recorded history. (Indo-European is the world’s most extensive language family.).