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 Marilyn Martin-Jones

 Professor of Languages
 in Education

 School of Education
 University of Birmingham
 Edgebaston
 Birmingham
 B15 2TT

 Tel: +44(0)121 4144862

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Bilingual Literacies for Learning in Further Education (2005 - 2007)

Prof. Marilyn Martin-Jones (University of Birmingham )
Dr Roz Ivanic (University of Lancaster )
Dr Daniel Chandler (University of Wales Aberystwyth)

Project Summary

This research will focus on the use and development of bilingual literacies as Welsh-speaking students participate in Further Education (F.E.) courses. It will investigate the interaction between ‘informal’ vernacular literacy practices (reading, writing and uses of texts, in different languages and modalities, and involving different technologies) and bilingual practices entailed in the more ‘formal’ institutional settings of post-compulsory education. The main aims are: (1) to identify actual and potential ‘border’ literacies which are pivotal to learning in a digital age; (2) to incorporate these literacies into the design and implementation of a bilingual curriculum development project. The research will be conducted in close research partnership with staff in one F.E. college in North Wales . It will extend the existing TLRP project on 'Literacies for Learning in Further Education' to a bilingual context, opening up opportunities for incorporating new comparative dimensions to the empirical work and new opportunities for theory-building (e.g. extending the notion of ‘border’ literacies). The research is particularly timely since a strategic framework for the consolidation and extension of Welsh-medium and bilingual provision within the post-16 sector in Wales is currently being put in place. The findings will contribute directly to the development of evidence-based policy and practice.




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