Josep Soler-Carbonelli avalik loeng
15.10.2012 kell 15.00 - 15.00
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Esmaspäeval, 15. oktoobril algusega kell 15 toimub Kommunikatsiooni
Instituudis (Tartu mnt 13, 2. korrus) Kommunikatsiooni Instituudi õppejõu
Josep Soler-Carbonelli avalik loeng teemal "Language ideologies,
globalization and the value of multilingualism among Spanish-speaking
college students in Southern California". Avalik loeng toimub inglise
keeles, kõik on oodatud. Loengu lühitutvustus (inglise keeles) on
kättesaadav teate allosast.Lisainfo: Annela Laaneots,
annela.laaneots@tlu.ee Josep Soler-Carbonell: "This presentation deals with
the results of a fieldwork project conducted at a university campus in
southern California in 2011. In it, the opinions of Spanish-speaking
students (N=18) will be presented, analyzing their linguistic trajectories
and how they valorize their bilingual skills. Presently, in the "new
economy", languages can be valued more from a pragmatic and instrumental
point of view, as a resource to be more competitive in the job market
(Duchêne & Heller, 2011). However, the more political and ideologized
views of language can persist to an important extent. The presentation will
show how the interviewed participants in this study relate to these
questions. It will be shown that even though most of the students perceive
the abovementioned renewed perspective of languages as a resource, it is
not just any kind of bilingualism that has value, but a specific one: the
sum of two ‘ideal’ monolinguals, i.e. a non-truncated repertoire. At
the same time, some of the participants expressed their concern with the
contradiction between the discursively valued multilingualism and the fact
that being "American" and being bilingual do not form part of a single
equation yet. In conclusion, the presentation touches upon current debates
on multilingualism, language ideologies, language contact and Spanish in
the US."
Instituudis (Tartu mnt 13, 2. korrus) Kommunikatsiooni Instituudi õppejõu
Josep Soler-Carbonelli avalik loeng teemal "Language ideologies,
globalization and the value of multilingualism among Spanish-speaking
college students in Southern California". Avalik loeng toimub inglise
keeles, kõik on oodatud. Loengu lühitutvustus (inglise keeles) on
kättesaadav teate allosast.Lisainfo: Annela Laaneots,
annela.laaneots@tlu.ee Josep Soler-Carbonell: "This presentation deals with
the results of a fieldwork project conducted at a university campus in
southern California in 2011. In it, the opinions of Spanish-speaking
students (N=18) will be presented, analyzing their linguistic trajectories
and how they valorize their bilingual skills. Presently, in the "new
economy", languages can be valued more from a pragmatic and instrumental
point of view, as a resource to be more competitive in the job market
(Duchêne & Heller, 2011). However, the more political and ideologized
views of language can persist to an important extent. The presentation will
show how the interviewed participants in this study relate to these
questions. It will be shown that even though most of the students perceive
the abovementioned renewed perspective of languages as a resource, it is
not just any kind of bilingualism that has value, but a specific one: the
sum of two ‘ideal’ monolinguals, i.e. a non-truncated repertoire. At
the same time, some of the participants expressed their concern with the
contradiction between the discursively valued multilingualism and the fact
that being "American" and being bilingual do not form part of a single
equation yet. In conclusion, the presentation touches upon current debates
on multilingualism, language ideologies, language contact and Spanish in
the US."