Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities
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Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities 1-3 July 2008 Twin Towers Hotel, Bangkok Thailand ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAMME tuesday, 1 july 2008 Emcee: Susan Malone, SIL International 07.30-08.30 Registration 08.30-08.45 Opening ceremony Welcome speech Professor Napatawn Banchuin Vice Pesident of Mahidol University
Dato’ Dr. Ahamad bin Sipon, Director of SEAMEO Secretariat
Dr. Chinapat Bhumirat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Minister of Education, Thailand
Dr. Sheldon Shaeffer, Director of UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education 09.15-10.30 Plenary Panel “Preserving intangible cultural heritage” Ik Pahon Joyik, Bidayuh Language Community, Sarawak Malaysia Liezeil Zabanal, Agutaynen Language Community, Philippines Richard Littlebear, Northern Cheyenne Language Community, USA Muhammad Shafiq Khalil, Punjabi Language Community, Pakistan
11.00-11.30 Ricardo Ma. Nolasco (Philippines). The prospects of multilingual education and literacy in the Philippines 11.30-12.00 Anna Smeby (General). Local languages and national policies in early childhood education in Asia
11.00-11.30 Lynne Harata Te Aika (Aotearoa New Zealand). Sustaining language and culture through indigenous perspectives on environmental education and working in partnership with Māori tribal communities in teacher education 11.30-12.00 Savi Munjal (India). Afghanistan’s endless war: A post 9/11 perspective
11.00-11.30 Doerthe Schilken (China). The impact of language switch in early schooling on the cognitive development of children aged 5-7 11.30-12.00 Te Hurinui Clark (Aotearoa New Zealand). Issues of retention in mainstream secondary school Māori language programmes: A pilot research project
11.00-11.30 Pamela Mackenzie (India). Mother tongue-based multilingual education among tribal minorities in India 11.30-12.00 Joseph Khakha (Bangladesh). Training mother tongue teachers: Strategies and challenges in Bangladesh
11.00-11.30 David Bradley (China). Language policy for China’s minorities: Orthography development for the Yi 11.30-12.00 Isara Choosri (Thailand). The use of Northern Khmer in community radio programs in Thailand 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-14.00 Session II
13.00-13.30 Cidalio Leite (Timor-Leste). Commitment to helping children learn in Timor-Leste 13.30-14.00 Noriah Mohamed & Nor Hashimah Hashim. “Language policy, language planning and the use of non-dominant languages in Malaysia: Sihan versus Standard Malay
13.00-13.30 Todd Saurman & Mary Beth Saurman (Asia, general). Incorporating relevant cultural art forms and oral traditions into community-based education programs 13.30-14.00 Ernesto Toquero and Elena Toquero (Philippines). The Yogad and Gaddang rituals of Isabela: Meaning and significance
13.00-13.30 Graham Cameron (Myanmar). Demonstrable developmental gains 13.30-14.00 Katy Anis (Timor-Leste). Assessment of the effectiveness of USAID Small Grants literacy and numeracy programs in Timor-Leste—2005-2007
13.00-13.30 Jan Noorlander & Wain Churk (Cambodia). Cambodia’s Highland Community Education Program 13.30-14.00 Patricia Kelly ( USA ). Multilingual literacy education: A help or a hindrance to national unity?
13.00-13.30 Fredrick Boswell (Solomons). Cheke Holo orthography: Ethnic language community decision-making and the role of trained linguists 13.30-14.00 Umberto Ansaldo & Lisa Lim (Sri Lanka). Preserving and revitalizing creole languages: The experience of Sri Lanka Malay
14.00-14.30 Harsha Kathard, Daisy Pillay & Mershen Pillay (Republic of South Africa). Language-in-education policy and practice: Learning from South African classrooms 14.30-15.00 Ayaz Muhammad Rana (Pakistan). Punjabi language: Government policies and traditional multilingual classrooms in Pakistan
14.00-14.30 Nikhat Shameem (Fiji). The role of technology in data gathering for post-colonial language-in-education policy and planning: A case study 14.30-15.00 Greg Dekker and Rose Dumatog Camacam (Philippines). A multilingual education policy pathway: Working from pilot project toward national policy
14.00-14.30 Nor Hashimah Hashim (Malaysia). Testing reading comprehension in students’ mother tongue 14.30-15.00 Ng Bee Chin (Singapore). Linguistic pragmatism, globalisation and the impact on the patterns of input in Singaporean Chinese homes
14.00-14.30 Barbara Trudell (Africa general). Local-language adult literacy programs and sustainable development in Africa 14.30-15.00 Goihan (China). The quest to improve the trilingual education system in ethnic minority schools in Inner Mongolia: Energizing the mother tongue
14.00-14.30 OPEN 14.30-15.00 Paulette Hopple (China-Burma border). Linguistic variation among a highly endangered speech community: Angkuic people of the Palaungic sub-branch of Mon-Khmer
15.00-15.30 Tea Break 15.30-17.00 Session IV 15.30-17.00 Room A: Work Session: Language and Education Policies Kimmo Kosonen, Facilitator Room B: Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage Moderator: Lynne Harata Te Aika 15.30-16.00 Samantha Ross Hepworth (Tanzania). Absorption or displacement: Kiswahili and minority languages in Tanzania 16.00-16.30 Manuel Noronha & Ian Chaplin (Macau). Preserving and interpreting intangible cultural heritage in an ethnolinguistic community: The case of the Portuguese language, patois and creole in Macau 16.30-17.00 Diane Gordon-Burns (Aotearoa New Zealand). Notable descendant ancestresses of Tainui—their stories and how these have been maintained Room C: Work Session: Research and Evaluation 15.30-17.00 Dennis Malone, Facilitator Room D: Multilingual Education Moderator: Patricia Kelley 15.30-16.00 Helen Pinnock (General). Mother tongue-based multilingual education: How can we move ahead? 16.00-16.30 Muhammat (China). The challenges of bilingual education in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China 16.30-17.00 Muhammed Zaman Sagar (Pakistan). A multilingual education project for Gawri-speaking children in northern Pakistan Room E: Language Development and Language Revitalization Moderator: Mark Karan 15.30-16.00 Willem Burung (Indonesia). Melayu Papua: A hidden treasure 16.00-16.30 Richard Littlebear.(Cheyenne). Language as an instrument for cultural preservation 16.30-17.00 OPEN
WEDNESDAY, 2 JULY 2008 Emcee: Katy Webley, Save the Children UK 08.30-09.45 Plenary Panel “Language and language-in-education policies” Andrew Ikupu, Department of Education, Papua New Guinea Bernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Dhir Jhingran, Asia Regional Director, Room to Read, India Edilberto C. de Jesus, Former Director of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat, Philippines 09.45-10.30 Plenary Presentation. “Language development and language revitalization: Rationale, purposes, challenges and successes” Tariq Rahman, Distinguished National Professor, Quaid-I-Azam University . Pakistan Susan Malone, Multilingual Education Consultant, SIL International 10.30-11.00 Tea Break
11.00-11.30 Vu Thi Thanh Huong (Vietnam). Ethnic minority languages in Vietnam: Policy and implementation issues 11.30-12.00 Pushparani Subramaniam (Malaysia). Implementing vernacular languages through ICT in national schools to fulfill the Education Development Master Plan (EDMP) in Malaysia
11.00-11.30 Dorji Thinley (Bhutan). Secondary students’ response to oral literature in their mother tongue: Insights and observations from an action research project in a Bhutanese school 11.30-12.00 V. Jayarajan (India). Teyyam and oral tradition
11.00-12.00 Dennis Malone, Facilitator Room D: Multilingual Education Moderator: Muhammed Zaman 11.00-11.30 Noro Andriamiseza (General). Mother tongue matters: UNESCO’s actions in mother tongue instruction to promote inclusion and enhance quality learning for children in linguistically diverse societies 11.30-12.00 Colleen Koolaard & Poh Suan Soh (China). Four mother tongue-based bilingual education projects in China: Introducing the Bai, Dai, Dong (Kam) and Dongxiang pilot MLE projects in the P.R. China
11.00-11.30 Martin Hosken (Mainland South East Asia). Minority languages in the digital age: Unicode update 11.30-12.00 Yogendra Yadava. (Nepal). Linguistic survey of Napal.
13.00-14.00 Exhibition of language and education materials Participants are invited to view and learn about materials that have been produced for language development, language revitalization and multilingual education programs around the world 14.00-15.00 Session VI Room A: Language and Education Policies Moderator: Greg Dekker 14.00-14.30 Quentin Williams (Republic of South Africa). Debating multilingualism in a transformative South Africa 14.30-15.00 Yogendra Yadava (Nepal). Linguistic diversity in Nepal: Perspectives on existing language policy
14.00-14.30 Anna Smeby (Asia, General). The use of early childhood standards to support mother tongue-based multilingual education in Asia 14.30-15.00 Mere Kepa & Linita Manu’atu (Aotearoa New Zealand). Talanoa Mālie: An innovative ‘space’ in early childhood education for revitalizing and maintaining Tongan language and culture in the University
14.00-14.30 Quynh Thi Ngoc Nguyen (Vietnam). Towards a workable theoretical framework for the teaching of Vietnamese as a second language for ethnolinguistic minority learners 14.30-15.00 Daisy Pillay, Harsha Kathard & Mershen Pillay. (Republic of South Africa). “Troubling Communication”: Exploring spaces for socially just dialogue
14.00-14.30 Lynne HarataTe Aika (Aotearoa New Zealand). Reo Kura: Developing teachers' Maori language proficiency and tribal dialect proficiency in an in-school professional development programme 14.30-15.00 Suwilai Premsrirat (Thailand). Language for national reconciliation: A role for Pattani Malay in formal education in Thailand’s Deep South
14.00-14.30 David Blundell (Taiwan, Philippines). Endangered languages in revitalization, development and mapping with local indigenous communities of Taiwan, Orchid Island, and the Batanes 14.30-15.00 Mayuree Thawornpat (Thailand). Orthographies for “endangered languages” in Thailand: A case study of Lavua at Pa Pae Village, Mae Hong Son Province
15.30-17.00 Kimmo Kosonen, Facilitator Room B: Work Session: Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage 15.30-17.00 Catherine Young and Susan Malone, Facilitators Room C: Language Development and Language Revitalization Moderator: David Bradley 15.30-16.00 Karsten Legère (Tanzania). Language endangerment in Tanzania: The case of the Vidunda language 16.00-16.30 Mershen Pillay, Harsha Kathard & Daisy Pillay (Republic of South Africa). Loss across language colonies: A Tamil past, A Xhosa present, An Arabic present-perfect 16.30-17.00 Sue Hasselbring (General). Fostering acceptance of written standards by speakers of all dialects Room D: Multilingual Education Moderator: Barbara Trudell 15.30-16.00 Erona Paschal, Poonam Paschal & Lalchand Paul (Pakistan). Mother tongue-based multilingual education in southern Pakistan: The Parkari program 16.00-16.30 Anne Thomas & Tim Sangvat (Cambodia). Community ownership strengthens multilingual non-formal education in the Cambodian Highlands 16.30-17.00 Lou Chunfang (China). Bilingual education in Qinghai Province, China Room E: Multilingual Education Moderator: Dinh Phuong Thao 15.30-16.00 Dat Bao (Thailand & Australia). A proposed framework for enhancing teachers’ preparation for classrooms with language minority students 16.00-16.30 Eliott Prasse-Freeman (Thailand). Building community-based support systems that facilitate sustainable multi-ethnic education opportunities: Experiences of EDC and partners in Phang Nga, Thailand 2007-2008 16.30-17.00 Katy Anis (General). Layers of access; layers of learning: Literacy and second language acquisition. 19.30-21.00 Session VIII
19.30-21.00 Susan Malone and Carol Benson, Facilitators Work Session: Language Development and Language Revitalization-focus on ICT 19.30-21.00 Martin Hosken, Facilitator Thursday, 3 July 2008 Emcee: Jan Noorlander, CARE International, Cambodia 08.30-09.15 Plenary Presentation “Designing effective schooling in multilingual contexts: An alternative to bilingual models” Dr. Carol Benson, International Consultant in Multilingual Education, Sweden 09.15-10.00 Plenary Presentation “Research and evaluation of mother tongue-based multilingual education programs: Issues and innovations in ethnolinguistic settings” Dr. Dennis Malone, International Consultant in Multilingual Education, SIL International 10.00-10.30 Tea Break 10.30-12.00 Session IX Room A: Language and Education Policies Moderator: SEAMEO 10.30-12.00 SEAMEO Secretariat: Ahamad bin Sipon, Kimmo Kosonen, Catherine Young, Yolanda Quijano, Suchin Petcharugsa (Southeast Asia). Using the mother tongue as bridge language of instruction in Southeast Asia: Policy, strategies and advocacy Room B: Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage Moderator: Mary Beth Saurman 10.30-11.00 Charmaine Kaimikaua (Hawai’i, USA). The politics of preserving cultural heritage: Communicating identity through public performance of the Hula for Diaspora Hawaiians 11.00-11.30 Bagly Arsenio and Glenn Stallsmith (Philippines). Performing living traditions: A music and dance troupe of the Kalanguya, Northern Philippines 11.30-12.00 OPEN Room C: Multilingual Education Moderator: Joseph Khakha 10.30-11.00 Luz Jimenez Quispe (Bolivia). Indigenous knowledge and wisdom to improve quality of education in rural communities of Bolivia 11.00-11.30 Mahendra Mishra (India). Mother tongue-based multilingual education in Orissa: From theory to practice 11.30-12.00 Nguyen Thi Bich & Dinh Phuong Thao (Vietnam). National networking and advocacy strategy on mother tongue-based multilingual education Room D: Multilingual Education Moderator: - 10.30-11.00 Kay Ringenberg (Indonesia). Planning and implementing MT-Based MLE programs for children and adults in Indonesia 11.00-11.30 Mathura Bikash Tripura (Bangladesh). Shishur Khamatayan: children’s right to quality education in their mother tongue 11.30-12.00 OPEN Room E: Language Development and Language Revitalization Moderator: David Blundell 10.30-11.00 Katy Anis. (General). Layers of access; layers of learning: Literacy and second language acquisition 11.00-11.30 Bhim Narayan Regmi (Nepal). Developing a Devanagari-based multi-language orthography for Nepalese languages 11.30-12.00 Kees Jan Bos, Mirjam Bos and Christina Page (Cambodia). Community based orthography development: Experiences from the Kuy in Cambodia 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-14.30 Session X Room A: Work Session: Language and Education Policies 13.00-14.30 Kimmo Kosonen, Facilitator Room B: Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage Moderator: Ernesto C. Toquero 13.00-13.30 Schedar Jockson (Philippines). Further steps towards preserving oral literature 13.30-14.00 Marc Wetz (Southeast Asia). The need to go beyond language: Including local/indigenous culture in the school curriculum 14.00-14.30 Hemanga Dutta (India). A sociolinguistic appraisal of vocabulary items used in Assamese folk songs and proverbs Room C: Research and Evaluation Moderator: Alice Eastwood 13.00-13.30 Sangsok Son (India). Learning through first language and linguistic and scholastic Achievement: The case of children in Pattani Language Community, India 13.30-14.00 Daisy Pillay, Harsha Kathard & Mershen Pillay (Republic of South Africa). “Troubling Communication”: Exploring spaces for socially just dialogue 14.00-14.30 OPEN Room D: Multilingual Education Moderator: Helen Pinnock 13.00-13.30 Arjen Lock (Papua New Guinea). Building a responsive life-embracing infrastructure for MLE: The Abau program of Papua New Guinea 13.30-14.00 Nthatisi Bulane (Republic of South Africa). Code-switching in South Africa’s township schools 14.00-14.30 Sara Elena Mendoza (Mexico). Indigenous literacy in Mexico: Critical aspects from planning to educational practice Room E: Language Development and Language Revitalization Moderator: Linita Manu'atu 13.00-13.30 Lucy Bulan & David Lian Labang (Malaysia). Community efforts in developing and financing an MLE Project: The Kelabit language of Sarawak, Malaysia 13.30-14.00 Gratien G. Atindogbé (Cameroon). First look at a Barombi orthographic system 14.00-14.30 Mark Karan (General). The importance of motivations in language revitalization efforts 14.30-15.30 Session XI Room A: Language and Education Policies Moderator: Nikhat Shameem 14.30-15.00 Jenny Jones (Kenya). Teachers’ response to the implementation of the Kenyan language-in-education policy in a multilingual context 15.00-15.30 Lienjang Zette (India). Language policy and northeast India as a melting pot of languages
14.30-15.00 Diane Dekker, Stephen Walter & Norma Duguiang (Philippines). The “bridge” to Filipino and English: Initial results of the First Language Component MLE program in the Philippines 15.00-15.30 Leela Pradham (Nepal). A study of the educational situation for ethnic minority children in selected primary schools of Nepal
14.30-15.00 Sriwilai Ponmanee (Thailand). Coaching a teacher in a multilingual school setting: A case study from a school in Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand 15.00-15.30 Gardiye Hewage Asoka (Sri Lanka). Needs survey on promoting Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education (BE) in Sri Lanka
14.30-15.00 J. Aleta R. Villanueva & Ani Rosa Almario (Philippines). Dual language education program models in Philippine progressive schools 15.00-15.30 Marilyn Gregerson (Cambodia). A multilingual non-formal program for language minority students in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia: 10 years and going forward
14.30-15.00 Duk Geun Cha (Cambodia). Orthography development challenges in Western Cham 15.00-15.30 Talib Jan (Pakistan). Present and future of Indus Kohistani
16.00-17.00 Summary of the Conference Jan Noorlander, Provincial Coordinator, CARE International, Cambodia Closing 1 The location in parentheses after the presenter’s name may refer to the geographic focus of the paper or to the author’s home country or both. |
