Embracing Linguistic Diversity in Scotland: A Journey of Integration and Empowerment
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We are Language Rich:
Celebrating the
Bountiful Sources of
Language in Scotland
Professor Alison Phipps
UNESCO Chair: Refugee Integration
through Languages and the Arts
COSLA Conference
Alison Phipps
UNESCO Chair: Refugee Integration through
Languages and the Arts
The Refugee Provocation to Scotland
“You are stingy with your languages
you do not speak to us in the
street”
Welcoming Our Learners: Scotland’s ESOL Strategy
2015 – 2020
“That all Scottish residents for whom
English is not a first language have the
opportunity to access high quality English
language provision so that they can
acquire the language skills to enable
them to participate in Scottish life: in the
workplace, through further study, within
the family, the local community, Scottish
society and the economy. These language
skills are central to giving people a
democratic voice and supporting them to
contribute to the society in which they
live.” p.6
Learning to be more like a home
2 years of rapid, focused and willing
expansion of language work with
refugees
•
At policy level
–
new strategies
•
At classroom level
renewed
energy and focus
•
At community level -
befriending
Political Economy of Languages
•
Differences in provision: refugee
language vs ordinary vs elite
language learner
•
Woefully inadequate language
provision in UK.
•
Number of hours has been
counted (10,000)
Scotland is Multilingual Country
•
Scotland has passed laws
focusing on Gaelic and BSL
•
Scotland has remarkable
linguistic resource
•
Language models are shifting
from being based on deficit to
based on plenty
Language Befriending
•
Holistic practice
•
Embedding languaging into every
transaction
•
Enabling each other
•
“In my language we say
…
.”
–
the
pedagogy of the street.
•
Teach and learn everywhere. It’s
not life long learning so much as
learning everywhere.
English Last
•
Translanguaging is what the whole
world does
•
Language humility
•
Bring your resources to the
classroom
•
Multilingual policies should be
default and norm in all local
authorities.
•
Mother languages first
–
the only
advantage in face of everyone else’s
advantages
Re-Wilding Languages
•
Get out and about
•
Bring more multilingual arts
•
Beyond literacy patterns
•
Re-wilding the practitioner
If it’s good for refugees, it’s good for everyone.
•
Live in languages;
•
Love in them and with them!
•
Don’t be stingy
•
Add to the abundance.
Scotland celebrates its rich linguistic diversity through initiatives like the ESOL Strategy, promoting language skills for residents. Refugees are encouraged to learn and integrate, shifting language models from deficit to abundance, fostering a multilingual country with laws supporting Gaelic and BSL. Holistic approaches like language befriending empower individuals to engage in society through language.
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We are Language Rich: Celebrating the Bountiful Sources of Language in Scotland Professor Alison Phipps UNESCO Chair: Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts
COSLA Conference Alison Phipps UNESCO Chair: Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts
The Refugee Provocation to Scotland You are stingy with your languages you do not speak to us in the street
Welcoming Our Learners: Scotlands ESOL Strategy 2015 2020 That all Scottish residents for whom English is not a first language have the opportunity to access high quality English language provision so that they can acquire the language skills to enable them to participate in Scottish life: in the workplace, through further study, within the family, the local community, Scottish society and the economy. These language skills are central to giving people a democratic voice and supporting them to contribute to the society in which they live. p.6
Learning to be more like a home 2 years of rapid, focused and willing expansion of language work with refugees At policy level new strategies At classroom level renewed energy and focus At community level - befriending
Political Economy of Languages Differences in provision: refugee language vs ordinary vs elite language learner Woefully inadequate language provision in UK. Number of hours has been counted (10,000)
Scotland is Multilingual Country Scotland has passed laws focusing on Gaelic and BSL Scotland has remarkable linguistic resource Language models are shifting from being based on deficit to based on plenty
Language Befriending Holistic practice Embedding languaging into every transaction Enabling each other In my language we say . the pedagogy of the street. Teach and learn everywhere. It s not life long learning so much as learning everywhere.
English Last Translanguaging is what the whole world does Language humility Bring your resources to the classroom Multilingual policies should be default and norm in all local authorities. Mother languages first the only advantage in face of everyone else s advantages
Re-Wilding Languages Get out and about Bring more multilingual arts Beyond literacy patterns Re-wilding the practitioner
If its good for refugees, its good for everyone. Live in languages; Love in them and with them! Don t be stingy Add to the abundance.
