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Seminar Sessions |
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ISSUES IN RAISING CHILDREN BILINGUALLY |
RECOGNISING THE CHILD’S OWN NEEDS IN THE LANGUAGE |
Susanne Döpke will offer information
on how bilingualism influences a child’ s development and
what parents and other carers can do to help the child speak
both languages. The session will be of interest to parents
just starting out as well as those who are wondering if they
are doing the right thing or who have to defend themselves
against criticism. It will also support professionals who
are dealing with bilingual families.
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This talk will address parents of
older children (late primary/early secondary age). Michael
Clyne will discuss how parents can encourage children to use
the community language by finding uses of special interest
to them. He will also consider the need to take into account
children’s personality - urge to excel, conform or be
different, interest in languages, motivation to merely
communicate.
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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN YOUR
LANGUAGE |
MAXIMISING THE ADVANTAGES FROM SCHOOL PROGRAMS,
GRANDPARENTS, OVERSEAS VISITS AND THE COMMUNITY
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Susanne Döpke will give examples of
practical strategies, which ensure the development of the
community language and prevent or solve difficulties. This
will include supporting the child’s first steps into
language, as well as strategies games and resources for the
older pre school child. This session will be of interest to
parents of toddlers and pre school children as well as
professionals advising parents. |
This will be directed at parents and
grandparents, Community resources, school language programs
and overseas visits and even grandparents all potentially
boost language maintenance and development but can sometimes
have adverse effect. |
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USING COMPUTERS FOR LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE |
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Robert Debski will explain the impact
of new digital technologies on learning and maintenance of
community languages. Drawing on his latest work, he will
describe how language minorities use modern technology to
communicate in the community languages. Then he will
demonstrate a range of technologies, such as digital video
and blogs, and demonstrate how parents and ethnic school
teachers can use them in their work with children. |
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Presenters |
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Prof. Michael Clyne |
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(MA Melbourne ) PHD Monash, Dr Phil h.c Munich) is Professorial Fellow in the School of Languages at the University of Melbourne. He has researched and published widely for many years on bilingualism. He is an Australian-born bilingual and the father of an Australian-born bilingual. |
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Dr Susanne Döpke |
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(MA Berlin and Latrobe, Ph D Monash) is a Fellow in the School of Languages at the University of Melbourne. She is a speech pathologist and international authority on raising children bilingually and has published two books and numerous articles in international journals in the field. She is also mother of two Australian-born bilingual children. |
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A/Prof. Robert Debski |
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Assoc. Prof. is Director of the Horwood Language Centre, the University of Melbourne. He has 15 years' experience of conducting research and teaching in the area of computer-assisted language learning (CALL). His particular interest is in project-oriented language learning with modern technology. |
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