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Multilingualism

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Josephine Galicha
Josephine Galicha

This document discusses multilingualism in multicultural settings. It notes that the world population is over 7 billion speaking over 7,000 languages, and that language rights are part of basic human rights. It also discusses the importance of dealing with multilingual societies and outlines some key concepts like language 1 (native language), language 2 (dominant languages), and different types of multilingual communities. The document stresses the need for multilingual and multicultural education to promote equal opportunities for diverse students in an increasingly globalized world with high population mobility. Language policies and programs in multicultural contexts are highly political and influenced by dominant ideologies.

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MULTILINGUALISM IN A MULTICULTURAL SETTING OR CONTEXT References https://coursera.org/learn/multilingual-multicultural- education Discussion of Kloss, Types of Multilingual Communities Schiffman, H. Handout for LING 540 Language Policy
SPEECH COMMUNITY all the citizens in a given state but excluding those whose mother tongue is spoken natively by less than 3% (National Core Community) Monolingual - Iceland, Portugal and Japan Bi-trilingual - two (2) or three(3) linguistic communities Switzerland and India Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 2
Multilingual - more than three (3) languages Importance of Dealing with MULTILINGUAL SOCIETIES World population in 2013 - 7 billion Nation states - 200 Languages spoken - 7000 1. Language Rights - basic part of human rights Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 3
LANGUAGE 1 AND LANGUAGE 2 LANGUAGE 1 home, native, mother tongue LANGUAGE 2 2 dominant, majority, powerful Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 4
LANGUAGE PROGRAMS & POLICIES In a multilingual society ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE POLICY MAKERS TEACHERS IN A HIGHLY MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM SETTING MULTILINGUAL STUDENT Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 5
DECISIONS MADE THEN ARE HIGHLY POLITICAL (Wayne et al., 2015) FREQUENTLY INFLUENCED BY DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES AND HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIO- CULTURAL FACTORS Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 6
REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS CULTURAL ORIGINS LINGUISTIC BACKGROUNDS Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 7
NEED FOR A MULTINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION A STRONG AND DYNAMIC ACADEMIC FIELD WHICH HELPS PROVIDE EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS BY RAISING THE AWARENESS OF (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) parents educators administrators policymakers researchers Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 8
MAIN CHALLENGE PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES OR EQUALITY FOR STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE GROUPS racial ethnic linguistic cultural social Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 9
GLOBALIZED WORLD Rapid technological advancement (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) internet and social networks instant communication fast flow of information international economic integration easy travel voluntary migration GROWTH OF POPULATION MOBILITY Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 10
MOBILE 21ST CENTURY POPULATION with GLOBALISATION creating cultural and technical conditions for mobility 15 GLOBALIZATION electronic communications for migration routes job opportunities migration networks Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 11

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Multilingualism

  • 1. MULTILINGUALISM IN A MULTICULTURAL SETTING OR CONTEXT References https://coursera.org/learn/multilingual-multicultural- education Discussion of Kloss, Types of Multilingual Communities Schiffman, H. Handout for LING 540 Language Policy
  • 2. SPEECH COMMUNITY all the citizens in a given state but excluding those whose mother tongue is spoken natively by less than 3% (National Core Community) Monolingual - Iceland, Portugal and Japan Bi-trilingual - two (2) or three(3) linguistic communities Switzerland and India Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 2
  • 3. Multilingual - more than three (3) languages Importance of Dealing with MULTILINGUAL SOCIETIES World population in 2013 - 7 billion Nation states - 200 Languages spoken - 7000 1. Language Rights - basic part of human rights Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 3
  • 4. LANGUAGE 1 AND LANGUAGE 2 LANGUAGE 1 home, native, mother tongue LANGUAGE 2 2 dominant, majority, powerful Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 4
  • 5. LANGUAGE PROGRAMS & POLICIES In a multilingual society ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE POLICY MAKERS TEACHERS IN A HIGHLY MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM SETTING MULTILINGUAL STUDENT Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 5
  • 6. DECISIONS MADE THEN ARE HIGHLY POLITICAL (Wayne et al., 2015) FREQUENTLY INFLUENCED BY DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES AND HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIO- CULTURAL FACTORS Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 6
  • 8. NEED FOR A MULTINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION A STRONG AND DYNAMIC ACADEMIC FIELD WHICH HELPS PROVIDE EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS BY RAISING THE AWARENESS OF (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) parents educators administrators policymakers researchers Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 8
  • 9. MAIN CHALLENGE PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES OR EQUALITY FOR STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE GROUPS racial ethnic linguistic cultural social Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 9
  • 10. GLOBALIZED WORLD Rapid technological advancement (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) internet and social networks instant communication fast flow of information international economic integration easy travel voluntary migration GROWTH OF POPULATION MOBILITY Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 10
  • 11. MOBILE 21ST CENTURY POPULATION with GLOBALISATION creating cultural and technical conditions for mobility 15 GLOBALIZATION electronic communications for migration routes job opportunities migration networks Prepared by: Josephine P. Galicha 11