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Events in 2010

Do Multilinguals feel they code-switch more when talking about emotional matters with friends?

13 January 2010, 4 pm

Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele updates us on his work.

Discussing a section of Sara Meadows’ ‘Child as Thinker’ to consider the environmental influences on learning

18 January 2010, 2.30 pm

The reading group discusses Sara's latest book.

Embracing chaos: learning from cardiac surgery and Chernobyl

19 January 2010, 5 pm

Where do we find our security in times of uncertainty and change? What are the implications of this in our roles as leaders? Using stories and case studies from cardiac surgery and Chernobyl, this workshop provides an opportunity to understand your own and others’ basic needs in times of turbulence and chaos.

'No gain without pain for Third Culture Kids?’

20 January 2010, 4 pm

Discussion of Dewaele, J. & J.Van Oudenhoven 2009 ‘The effect of multilingualism/multiculturalism on personality: no gain without pain for Third Culture Kids?’

Number our days: Jewish diaspora identity stories

21 January 2010, 5.30 pm

A screening and discussion of the award -winning film ‘Number our days’ which explores the anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff’s work with the elderly Jews of Venice Beach CA during the 1970s.

Face & Self Presentation in spoken L2 discourse

27 January 2010, 4 pm

The reading group discusses Dippold, D. 2009 ‘Face & Self presentation in spoken L2 discourse’.

Learning from the PRISM Headteacher experience in Kenya

2 February 2010, 12 pm

Round table discussion about the project and key messages for ICS research.

The marriage of education and health initiatives: improving rural lives through the use of treated mosquito nets in Papua New Guinea

3 February 2010, 2 pm

Dr Willie Ako and Dr Jane Fitzpatrick present a seminar

From Politeness to Self-Presentation: Researching the management of relationships in multilingual and multicultural contexts

3 February 2010, 4 pm

Dr Dippold gives an update of her work.

Mobile One to One Project: Technological transitions from primary to secondary school (years 6 to 7)

9 February 2010, 12.30 pm

Pat Triggs updates on the Mobile One to One project