RUMACCC Events
Raising Children in More Than One Language
A seminar for parents, grandparents, caregivers and professionals working with children
Presented by RUMACCC, Community Languages Australia, and the Ethnic Schools Association of Victoria (inc).
12.45 to 5pm, Sunday August 31, 2008
The Sidney Myer Asia Centre,
Crn Swanston Street & Monash Road, University of Melbourne
Speakers include:
Prof Michael Clyne (University of Melbourne)
Dr Susanne Döpke
Seminar topics included:
Raising Children in More Than One Language Workshop flyer (pdf, 371kb)
- Issues in raising children bilingually
- Recognising the child's own needs in the language
- Practical suggestions for helping your child learn your language
- Maximising the advantages from school programs, grandparents, overseas visits and the community
- Using the internet and digital media in working with children
Registration
The seminar is FREE but registration is ESSENTIAL by August 22nd.
Please direct all enquiries and registrations to:
Dr. Jo-anne Hughson
Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-Cultural Communication (RUMACCC)
School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
Email: rumaccc-info@unimelb.edu.au
Previous Events:
Inclusion, exclusion and identity across two continents: aspects of multilingualism and multiculturalism in Australia and Europe
Special half-day workshop
International speaker: Assoc Prof Jacomine Nortier, University of Utrecht
In- and exclusion, appropriation and ethnicity in a multilingual and multicultural neighborhood in Utrecht
Other speakers:
- Dr Sandra Kipp (University of Melbourne) Migration, language use and identity: German in Melbourne since the Second World War.
- Dr Birgit Lang (University of Melbourne) “The United Discriminations”? German-speaking refugee cabaret in Australia (1933-1973).
- Dr Brigitte Lambert (University of Melbourne) How ‘multi-kulti’ does the garden grow? The garden colony as a microcosm of integration in Germany.
Raising Children in More Than One Language
1pm to 4:30pm, Sunday November 12, 2006
The Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne
Sponsored by RUMACCC and Community Languages Australia.
Speakers included :
Prof Michael Clyne (University of Melbourne)
Dr Susanne Döpke
A/Prof Robert Debski (University of Melbourne)
Seminar topics included:
- Issues in raising children bilingually
- Recognising the child's own needs in the language
- Practical suggestions for helping your child learn your language
- Maximising the advantages from school programs, grandparents, overseas visits and the community
- Using the internet and digital media in working with children
Raising Children in More Than One Language brochure (pdf)
European Multilingualism & Multiculturalism Today
From 9:30am, Friday September 29, 2006
Gryphon Gallery, 1888 Building, University of Melbourne
Speakers included:
Professor Claudia Riehl (Cologne) German-Romance language contact and language conflict in Italy, France and Belgium.
Professor Guus Extra (Tilburg) Language, migration and citizenship in Europe: A case study on testing regimes in the Netherlands.