„Dominant Language Constellations (DLC) approach to literacy in diversity settings“
by Prof. Dr. Larissa Aronin
Wednesday, 19 June 2024,
12:15-13:45, VMP 8, Room 424,
Von Melle Park 8, 20146 Hamburg
Registration: sekgogolin [at] uni-hamburg [dot] de
Linguistic and social diversity presents a serious challenge for education. It includes not only multiple language varieties used in a range of modalities but also groups of language learners and users who employ languages in numerous ways, daily and across their life trajectories. Today, the drastic global changes intensified by further diversification of multilingual populations across Europe make the challenge of dealing with multiple languages even more significant. The issues of developing and promoting literacy come to the fore.
The lecture will describe a DLC approach that addresses the super-diversity of languages and language varieties, speakers and learners, socio-linguistic settings, and quickly changing linguistic needs and practices by condensing the aspects under examination to a manageable pattern. DLC focuses on the specific configurations of languages and varieties, the ‘constellations’, that prevail in specific settings. We will discuss how the DLC framework can enhance literacy learning for young and adult learners.