The lectures focus on international and Norwegian perspectives on multilingualism, bilingualism and translanguaging: Beginnings, developments, challenges and opportunities for language education research and policy.
The guest lectures reflect one of the many aims of the research group Diversity in Education (DivE) : to expand empirical knowledge and theoretical insights regarding linguistic diversity and complexity in education.
This event will take place in English and offer the audience time to ask questions following each lecture. The event will not be streamed.
Program
- 10:00 Opening remarks and introduction of guests
- 10:10 Guest lecture by Professor Li Wei: The idea of Translanguaging and its implications for researching bilingualism and bilingual education
- 11:00 Guest lecture by Professor Åsta Haukås: To be multilingual or not to be. Is that a question?
- 11:50 Closing remarks
The idea of Translanguaging and its implications for researching bilingualism and bilingual education
Li Wei
UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK
Translanguaging has emerged as an alternative conceptualisation of bilingualism where the language users engage in dynamic linguistic practices for meaning-making without regard to named languages and where named languages are deemed as political and ideological constructs rather than linguistic facts or psychological realities. What does it mean for research on bilingualism and bilingual education?
In this talk, I will track the development of the idea of translanguaging and explore its implications for theories of language as well as research design and other methodological concerns. Implications for policy and practice, with regard to bilingual education, for example, will also be discussed.
Li Wei is Director and Dean of IOE – University College London’s Faculty of Education and Society, where he also holds the Chair of Applied Linguistics. His research covers many different aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism. He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and the Applied Linguistics Review.
He has won the British Association of Applied Linguistics Book Prize twice, for the Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism (with Melissa Moyer) and Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education (with Ofelia Garcia). He is a fellow of the British Academy, Academia Europaea, Academy of Social Sciences, UK, and the Royal Society of Arts, UK.
To be multilingual or not to be. Is that a question?
Åsta Haukås
Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Norway
Whether we see ourselves and others as monolingual, bilingual, multilingual, or something else likely impacts whom we focus on in our teaching and research. In this talk, I will discuss these issues in light of recent studies from the Norwegian context, including teachers' perspectives and approaches, as well as students' perspectives from the UNGSPRÅK project.
Åsta Haukås is a Professor of Language Education and German at the University of Bergen. Her research interests include exploring students' and teachers' multilingualism from a variety of perspectives. Recently, she has been involved in three large projects related to multilingualism: UNGSPRÅK (2018–2022), LANGUAGES (2021–2025), and MULTIWRITE (2021–2025).
Participation
Interested colleagues, students and others are invited to take part in the event. Participation is free; however, registration is necessary. Please follow this link to register.
Meals and eventual accommodation will not be provided by the host institution. The campus cafeteria is open from 8 to 15.
Contact information
- vander.tavares@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 51 78 49