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SUMMARY:On the Margins: Slovak Roma Children Negotiating Language and Educ
 ation in Sheffield - Dr Mark Payne\, University of Sheffield
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will present my on-going research with the Slov
 ak Roma community in Page Hall\, Sheffield. In both the pre- and post-Brex
 it context this community has often been the subject of a negative local a
 nd national media frenzy and highlighted as a case of all that is wrong ab
 out EU enlargement and migration. However\, a sustained ethnographic longi
 tudinal study with Roma families and children in both Sheffield and Slovak
 ia uncovers a quite remarkable world of an economically impoverished yet r
 esilient marginalized community of bi-and multilinguals seeking to establi
 sh better lives for themselves here in the UK. Findings from the research 
 shed light on the complex social lives of the Roma\, the related language 
 issues in terms of L1 Romani (an essentially non-standard oral variety)\, 
 L2 Slovak and now L3 English\, and the educational challenges faced by sch
 ools attempting to assimilate the learners whilst\, at the same time\, the
  Roma pupils forge their own multilingual identities within this essential
 ly English-only context.\n\nThis research sits at the locus of studies int
 o language\, education and migration and attempts to understand a complex 
 and dynamic picture. Theoretically\, I draw on the work of researchers in 
 language and society\, globalization and migration and Romani studies (e.g
 . Angela Creese\, Stephen May\, Jan Blommaert and Yaron Matras). There are
  two key supporting frameworks for the study: the Roma Language and Educat
 ion Tool (RoLET)\, a developing framework designed to support practitioner
 s in thinking about how to support Roma learners in educational contexts a
 nd\, more broadly\, Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) work provides inspiration in
  terms of understanding Roma migration\, arrival and settlement as an inte
 grated ecology with the individual Roma child sitting centrally in a dynam
 ic reciprocal ecological system.\n\n\n*Recent publications*\n\nPayne\, M. 
 (2016). _The inclusion of Slovak Roma pupils in secondary school: contexts
  of language policy and planning._ Current Issues in Language Planning\, p
 p.1-20.\n\nPrieler\, T. & Payne\, M. (2015) _Supporting the educational de
 velopment of Slovak Roma pupils in Sheffield: The Roma Language and Educat
 ion Tool_ (RoLET). Tilburg Papers in Culture Studies 151\, Tilburg: Babylo
 n.\n\nPayne\, M.\, Prieler\, T.\, Edge\, H. & Perin\, B. (2015) _The Educa
 tional\, Linguistic and Social Integration of Slovakian Roma Children at F
 irth Park Academy\, Sheffield_. London: Academies Enterprise Trust.\n\n\n*
 Biography*\n\n*Mark Payne* taught Modern Foreign Languages\, principally G
 erman and Spanish\, in schools in Harlow and Cambridge before studying for
  his PhD at the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge. His thesis
  ‘Researching foreign language planning within the context of the multil
 ingual school and community’ was supervised by Dr Michael Evans.\nAfter 
 his PhD\, Mark moved to the University of Sheffield where he directed the 
 PGCE in MFL for 10 years before designing a new MA in Language and Educati
 on. During this time\, Mark focused primarily on researching language\, ed
 ucation and language policy and planning. Latterly\, he has obtained three
  tranches of funding to research with the Roma community in Sheffield whic
 h has also seen him undertake high-impact fieldwork trips to Eastern Slova
 kia to work amongst some of our most marginalized and impoverished Roma co
 mmunities.\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
 om 1S3
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