10. Language and Identity: Education in Multilingual Societies
SUMMARY
Organizer:
June Beynon
Simon Fraser University
CANADA
June_Wyatt-Beynon@sfu.ca
Description:
The goal of this workshop is to examine the relationships of language and identity to growth, access and equity in multilingual societies. Diverse perspectives of learners, teachers, public education administrators, community based immigrant serving organizations (NGO's) and government organizations that develop and implement policy will be represented.
This workshop examines the relationships between
official discourse and daily language practices in a variety of
educational contexts involving mainstream and minority children, youth and
teachers. Faculty and graduate students will post on the workshop chat
group several papers focusing on researcher observations and youth,
teacher and school administrator perceptions about daily language
practices. Representatives of non-government and government organizations
and researcher(s) with international perspectives will raise discussion
questions that examine the implications of the research for policy and
service provision. Workshop participants will collectively identify
selected major issues in policy and practice.
Presenters
June Beynon
, Simon Fraser University, CANADA 
