JALT Conference 2011
This year's conference was again another success for the Bilingualism SIG, with a forum on the teenage years and a number of other presentations (listed below). If you didn't have a chance to present this time, please watch the conference website--submission proposals for next year's conference will be due around April or May 2012.
The 2012 National JALT conference will be October 12 (Fri) - 15 (Mon) 2012, at Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Issues and opportunities for teenage bilinguals (Forum)
Scheduled for: Saturday 19, 12:40 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: 414
Presentation no. 731:
Bilingual families face various challenges and opportunities in continuing to foster bilingualism and biculturalism as their children enter the teenage years. JALT’s Bilingualism SIG will present a discussion on this important stage in a bilingual’s development at its annual Forum at the JALT International Conference in Yoyogi, Tokyo, Nov. 18-21, 2011.
Intended as a practical, experience-based discussion by and for parents raising children bilingually, this panel will ask questions such as:
- Did bilingualism/biculturalism recede or progress during the junior high phase?
- What aspects of bilingualism/biculturalism were most affected?
- How did the family’s approach to promoting bilingualism/ biculturalism change?
- Did the changes persist into high school or beyond?
Other presentations on bilingualism at the JALT 2011 conference
Sat, Nov 19
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Main Hall
Kamada, Laurel - Tohoku University
Acts of identity: Typical & new English learners
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM Room 301
Glasgow, Gregory Paul - University of Queensland, Australia
"Teaching English Through English" in 2013
5:35 PM - 6:00 PM Room 302
Kupchin, Victoria - Student in Hokkaido University
Language education of Japanese Brazilian children
6:45 PM - 7:10 PM Room 103
Fujimura-Wilson, Kayo - Yasuda Women's University
Code-switching by Japanese people living in London
Sun, Nov 20
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM Room 302
Tanaka, Makiko - Kanda University of International Studies;
Park, Siwon - Kanda University of International Studies;
Allen, Richard - Makuhari International School
Changes in the nature of children's codeswitching
HAFU: A film about the experiences of mixed-Japanese living in Japan
This film by and about hafu Japanese people is currently in production, but they need your help to get it finished. Please offer your support by pre-ordering a DVD copy or selecting from the extensive range of "perks" on offer. This film will undoubtedly be an incredible resource for international families in Japan.
Kobe Bilingualism Event
In September 2011, the Bilingualism SIG co-hosted a panel on bilingual child-raising. Photos and a short report are available here.
