Multilingual_Literacy at Yahoo! Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/ Multilingual Societies in the UN Literac CFP: Kenyatta University Conf on Multilingualism & Education, July 2 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:41:51 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/539 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/539 FYI (fwd from lgpolicy-list). CALL FOR PAPERS MULTILINGUALISM AND EDUCATION: GLOBAL PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD. CONFERENCE CO-HOSTED BY KENYATTA "Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms" (book) Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:18:41 GMT bisharat_dot_net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/538 FYI (from LinguistList via LgPolicy-list)... Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms: Barwell (Ed) Title: Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms Subtitle: CFP: Law, Language & the Multilingual State (Bloemfontein, S.A.) Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:23:04 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/537 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/537 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF LINGUISTIC LAW ACADÉMIE INTERNATIONALE DE DROIT LINGUISTIQUE Bloemfontein (South Africa) and Montréal (Canada) Law, Language and the Book: Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the US Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:35:31 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/536 FYI. This book includes discussion of bilingual education. The context is groups in the US speaking languages other than English. (seen on lgpolicy-list [group FW: Study: native language V second language (math; Irish) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:34:43 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/535 FYI (seen on the Marga list [Songhay language(s) group])? Gaeilgeoir? better at maths in Irish Native Irish-speaking maths students may not be displaying Ajami (Arabic) writing & African languages: Literacy, history, knowl Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:24:39 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/534 FYI, this is an interesting article on how many people in parts of West Africa are literate in their own languages as written in Ajami - a form of Arabic 6th Pan African Reading For All Conf., 10-14/8/09, Dar es Salaam Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:54:07 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/533 FYI, the 6th Pan African Reading For All Conference http://6thpanafricanrfa.blogspot.com/ will take place on 10-14 August 2009 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The CFP: Language Teaching in Increasingly Multilingual Environments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:48:31 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/532 FYI (From edling via lgpolicy-list) http://www.ils.uw.edu.pl/LTIME.html Language Teaching in Increasingly Multilingual Environments: From Research to Practice Call to save bilingual education (Australia) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:30 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/531 FYI, another case where multilingual realities are overlooked in monolingual approaches to education and literacy. (Fwd from ILAT)... ... Call to save Job: Literacy & Numeracy Advisor - Malawi Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:49:22 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/530 American Institutes for Research is hiring for a Literacy & numeracy advisor in Malawi, but this apparently is *not* geared to multilingual literacy, even Re: Bilingual children study Sat, 30 May 2009 16:07:23 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/529 Dear Severine, Please pardon the slow reply. I was going to suggest that you try a couple of lists for parents of children being raised multilingually, but Bilingual children study Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:14:06 GMT s.grimaudpatanakul http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/528 Hello all, I am a doctoral student in Bilingual Education at New York University, and the mother of two multilingual children. Like every parent raising Re: "Multicultural & Multilingual Literacy & Language: Contexts & Pr Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:47:53 GMT Rudolph Carrera http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/527 Don, you are a wellspring of information! Many thanks for the links. Rudy Carrera ... -- Regards, Rudy Carrera http://clcx.org/ http://rudycarrera.com/music Barcelona Summer School on Bi- and Multilingualism Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:10:56 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/526 FYI, from linguistlist via lgpolicy-list... Barcelona Summer School on Bi- and Multilingualism Date: 07-Sep-2009 - 10-Sep-2009 Location: Barcelona, Spain U. Oregon Biliteracy Conference Registration & Preliminary Program Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:27:56 GMT Don Osborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Multilingual_Literacy/message/525 FYI, from MultiEd-L (where it was forwarded from a list at University of Oregon): Subject: UO Biliteracy Conference Registration and Preliminary Program (Sorry