Inagaki Seminar 34 - Supporting Children's Learning of Community Language

Inagaki Seminar 34 - Supporting Children's Learning of Community Language

What could parents do to support children’s learning of community language? Findings from the Australia-wide study on the Japanese community

By Faculty of Arts, the University of Melbourne

Date and time

Thursday, May 16 · 12 - 1pm AEST

Location

Room 321, Level 3 , Sidney Myer Asia Centre

761 Swanston Street Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia

About this event

  • 1 hour

The family can be conceptualised as both a private and public 'space' (Canagarajah, 2013; Lanza and Lomeu Gomes, 2020) that operates within a society. Family Language Policy (FLP) (King, Fogle and Logan-Terry, 2008) on language maintenance and development, therefore, would reflect social as well as affective factors (Schalley and Eisenchlas, 2020) that influence each other.

While Spolsky's (2004) tripartite model of language policy, composed of language ideology, language practices, and language management, has been used in many FLP studies, the focus of FLP research has evolved from explicit and overt language planning and management to include implicit and covert ones through practices such as literacy and identity construction in recent years. However, there are still gaps in research.

This seminar draws on some of the findings from the Australian Network for Japanese as Community Language (ANJCL)'s nation-wide interview study on learners of 'Japanese as Community Language' (JCL) to interpret the dynamic functions of FLP and its impact on language maintenance and development. Analyses of interviews with 18 families that have raised JCL speakers to adulthood uncovered complex relationships among FLP factors, language environment and resources, and JCL maintenance into adulthood.

This seminar is delivered in partnership with Global Japan Office, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS).

Host

Professor Akihiro Ogawa, Asia Institute

Speaker

Dr Kaya Oriyama, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Asia Institute

While completing MA in Japanese Studies and PhD in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Kaya started teaching Japanese language and culture at universities and multinational corporations. She has taught Japanese at all levels at various universitiesin Australia and New Zealand. Her areas of research include heritage/community language maintenance and development, transnational/mixed-heritage Japanese identities, Japanese language education, heritage/community language education, plurilingualism and plurilingual literacy, and language policy.

Accessibility

There are lifts available in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre. If you have specific requirements, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Enquiries

For more information, please contact Anneliz Marie Erese at annelizmarie.erese@unimelb.edu.au

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