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Welcome to Multilingual Learning at Goldsmiths

Working closely with Goldsmiths’ Centre for Language, Culture and Learning we will introduce recent work in the field of multilingual learning led by colleagues working in the Centre. Aimed at researchers, policy makers, teachers and students working in the Languages field, we seek to share latest research findings, but also professional development resources which have been developed as part of or alongside projects.

We are committed to building a genuinely inclusive approach to language learning, which values and supports the linguistic capital present within our society and sees plurilingualism as a key skill in the modern world. We recognise that language development is a dynamic process strongly influenced by social and political forces and inseparable from culture and identity. We are particularly interested in exploring pedagogies which address a wide range of learner backgrounds as well as opportunities afforded by different educational settings and by home and community links.

Our projects are detailed to the right; each project area containing research and professional development sections.

Contact

Dr Jim Anderson
Lecturer in Languages
Room 307 Education Building
Tel: +44(0)20 7919 7358
Email: j.anderson (@gold.ac.uk)

Dr Charmian Kenner
Lecturer in Educational Studies
Room 5, 35 Laurie Grove
Tel: +44(0)20 7919 7085
Email: c.kenner (@gold.ac.uk)

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Article on work by Luma Hameed, teacher of Arabic at Sarah Bonnell School, Newham, as part of Goldsmiths research project 'Creativity in the Community Languages Classroom' funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Luma is a former PGCE Languages student at Goldsmiths