[eal-bilingual] second and third generation children and bilinguallearning

Dear colleagues,

Dear Charmian,

I have been waiting to respond to this invitation to see if I might be in 
the UK at the time of the conference.  I would love to attend, but sadly 
won't be in the country.  Will there be any papers following the conference?

Best of luck with the conference.  I'm very disappointed to miss it.

Best wishes,
Linda Webster
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charmian Kenner" <c.kenner at gold.ac.uk>
To: <eal-bilingual at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 6:52 PM
Subject: [eal-bilingual] second and third generation children and 
bilinguallearning

> Dear colleagues,
> You are warmly invited to a national dissemination conference for an 
> ESRC-funded research project by Goldsmiths College on the importance of 
> bilingual learning to second and third generation children. The conference 
> is being organised jointly with Tower Hamlets Community Languages Service, 
> our partners in the research, and will take place on:
>
> Friday March 23 2007, 9 am - 4.15 pm
> Tower Hamlets Professional Development Centre, English St, Mile End, 
> London E3 4TA
>
> Findings to be discussed include:
> ·Children considered by their mainstream schools to be particularly 
> successful academically also had a strong background in mother tongue, due 
> to learning in community language class and support at home
> ·Action research with teachers showed that working in both languages in 
> mainstream school can enhance children's learning
> ·Children themselves expressed a strong desire to use both languages in 
> school, in order to fully develop their skills and identities as bilingual 
> learners
>
> Teachers from Tower Hamlets primary schools will present examples of 
> bilingual classroom work. National policymakers including Lid King, 
> Director of the National Languages Strategy, and Jill Catlow, Primary 
> National Strategy, will discuss the implications for language learning and 
> ethnic minority achievement.
>
> The conference is free, but places are limited. If you would like to come, 
> please let us know as soon as possible on:
> c.kenner at gold.ac.uk
>
> With best wishes,
> Charmian Kenner and Eve Gregory
> Educational Studies, Goldsmiths College London
>
>
> Dr Charmian Kenner
> Lecturer, Educational Studies
> Goldsmiths College
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
> 0207 919 7085
>
>
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