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SUMMARY:Heritage language learners on the move: The transnational process 
 of managing and learning Chinese in a Mandarin community school  - Lini Xi
 ao\, PhD student\, Faculty of Education
DTSTART:20191114T130000Z
DTEND:20191114T143000Z
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CONTACT:Anne Helene Halbout
DESCRIPTION:The growing segment of immigrant-origin children in the UK has
  directed scholarly and public attention to the complexity of heritage lan
 guage (HL) education. Until recently much research and policy has conceptu
 alised HL learners as a population permanently settled in a bounded societ
 y\, with an aim to integrate into that society only. This assumption\, how
 ever\, is problematised by the changing nature of migration\, which is inc
 reasingly recognised as a complex matrix of interactions and connections o
 ver time and space\, rather than a linear movement across borders. This ra
 ises the question of how the language and educational needs of these incre
 asingly mobile learners are being addressed.\n\nPlaced in the contexts of 
 transnationalism and new Chinese migration to the UK\, my project explores
  how transnational (im)mobility mediates contemporary HL learning in a Chi
 nese community school in London. Following an ethnographic case study appr
 oach\, the project involves intensive engagement with the community throug
 h questionnaires\, participant observations\, and interviews. The initial 
 findings suggest that HL learners’ linguistic experience and learning tr
 ajectory are increasingly characterised by cross-border movements\, multi-
 stranded transnational ties\, and multi-layered desires for actual and vir
 tual movements. It is in this shared condition of transnational mobility t
 hat knowledge\, identity\, and social relationships are (re)produced. Furt
 hermore\, with mobility being a key organising principle\, Chinese HL educ
 ation plays a key role in shaping learners’ repertoires for transnationa
 l participation and therefore constructing their future mobility.\n\nThis 
 presentation will focus on a conceptual discussion of the entwined phenome
 na of global human movements and HL learning. I will draw on preliminary d
 ata to exemplify how HL learning\, both at the community and individual le
 vels\, is organised in response to heightened transnational mobility. Some
  emerging implications for theory and policy will also be discussed.
LOCATION:Room 326\, Raised Faculty Building\, MML\, Sidgwick Avenue\, Camb
 ridge\, CB3 9DA
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