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SUMMARY:Creativity\, criticality and multilingual practices: code- and mod
 e-switching by British Chinese children in complementary schools - Profess
 or Li Wei\, Birkbeck Graduate Research School
DTSTART:20111031T170000Z
DTEND:20111031T183000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Multilingual practices such as codeswitching\, while commonpla
 ce amongst multilingual speakers\, are not always seen in a positive light
 \, especially when they are used by children. Using data from British Chin
 ese children in complementary schools\, this talk aims to examine children
 ’s multilingual practices from the point of creativity and criticality. 
 Creativity is defined here as the ability to choose between following and 
 flouting the rules and norms of behaviour\, including the use of language\
 ; pushing and breaking the boundaries between the old and the new\, the co
 nventional and original\, and the acceptable and the challenging. Critical
 ity refers to an ability to use evidence appropriately\, systematically an
 d insightfully to inform considered views of cultural\, social and linguis
 tic phenomena\, to question and problematize received wisdom\, and to expr
 ess views adequately through reasoned responses to situations. The two con
 cepts are intrinsically linked. Theoretical as well as policy implications
  of looking at multilingual practices from the perspective of creativity a
 nd criticality will be discussed.\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
 om GS4
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