University of Groningen - Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities
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Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹4,450 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate from University of Groningen
Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities at FutureLearn Course details
This course is aimed at a wide range of people with an interest in multilingualism such as migrants, linguistics and language students, teachers, language policy makers, professionals who are working in a multilingual environment or parents, who are considering to raise their children multilingually
- In a world of globalisation, people who do not share the same language meet more often every day
- Being able to deal with these multilingual practices in an effective way can give you an advantage in your daily life and work
- The challenges and opportunities that we will speak of will be recognisable for learners
- The course will also introduce you to real multilingual families who will share their personal experiences with their multilingual situations with you
- The issues arising from the individual situations of our families will then be looked at from a scientific perspective
- Paid certification course
Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities at FutureLearn Curriculum
Urban multilingualism and language policies
Introduction to the course
Introduction to the week
Language ideologies
Linguistic landscape
Language policies
Conclusion to the week
Multilingual communities
Introduction to the week
Language policy in the family
Multilingualism at home and home language maintenance
Multilingualism in the workplace
Conclusion to the week
Multilingualism in education and cognition
Introduction to the week
Multilingualism and education
The role of English in education
Multilingualism and cognition
Conclusion to the week
Multilingualism and minorities
Introduction to the week
Types of minority languages
New speakers of minority languages
Language contact
Conclusion to the course
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