[eal-bilingual] second and third generation childrenand bilinguallearning

Dear Charmian,

Thanks Charmian Please ignore my latest email! I'm losing it!

Linda Bartlett

-----Original Message-----
From: eal-bilingual-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:eal-bilingual-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Charmian
Kenner
Sent: 13 March 2007 12:35
To: Linda Webster; For practitioners involved in teaching pupils from
ethnic andlinguistic minorities
Subject: Re: [eal-bilingual] second and third generation childrenand
bilinguallearning

Linda, thanks for your good wishes! I've put you on the list to receive the 
conference report.
Best wishes, Charmian

--On 13 March 2007 07:45 +0000 Linda Webster <linda at secondstar.plus.com> 
wrote:

> 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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Dr Charmian Kenner
Lecturer, Educational Studies
Goldsmiths College
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
0207 919 7085

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