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SUMMARY:The Influence of Multilingual Identity on Foreign Language Learnin
 g - AHRC MEITS Project Team\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:This presentation provides an overview of the Education strand
  of the MEITS project (Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals\, Transform
 ing Societies)\, which investigates how multilingualism\, and the extent t
 o which one identifies as multilingual\, influence additional language lea
 rning. The research charts the development of multilingual identity\, by w
 hich we mean individuals’ explicit understandings of themselves as users
  of more than one language\, and focuses on the secondary school foreign l
 anguage classroom as the context for the construction of multilingual iden
 tity. \n\nIn an increasingly globalised society and with the consequent in
 tensification of the multilingual profile of many school classrooms\, ther
 e is a growing need to understand the extent to which a reciprocal relatio
 nship exists between the development of multilingual and transcultural ide
 ntity and foreign language learning. We will present preliminary findings 
 from a large survey of secondary school pupils\, and report on ongoing col
 laboration with MFL teachers from a range of schools across the East of En
 gland to develop a pedagogical intervention of identity-focused activities
  to help learners to identify themselves as multilingual\, with a view to 
 improving motivation and achievement in school and promoting greater engag
 ement with language learning across the lifespan.\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
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