■2021/11/19
研究計画報告 Presentation of research plan ‘Critical action research; translanguaging space co-created and lived by students and teachers in Academic Project (Multilingual and Multicultural Society)’(担当:Yaeko, Prof. Sugihara, Prof. Baba and Prof. Fujita)
研究計画報告 Presentation of research plan ‘Translanguaging space: multilingual practice of Chinese netizen’(担当:Teitei)
研究計画報告 Presentation of research plan ‘Investigation on the applicability of translanguaging to the language retention and the heritage language education in Japan’(担当:Prof. Baba)
研究計画報告 Presentation of research plan ‘Translanguaging and Indigenous Aynu Language Revitalization Efforts in Digital and Physical Japan’(担当:Prof. Fujita)
Last school year, we had the privilege of listening to Prof. Li Wei*’s special lecture on a new theory of language, “translanguaging” (as he is one of the pioneer researchers who has been developing the theory while based in applied linguistics). Based upon the valuable experience, this year we had a special session with him, called “Prof. Li Wei × 多言語多文化共生社会Academic Project”. The purpose of this session was to have an opportunity for some AP members to present research plans utilizing translanguaging perspective and receive comments and advice from Prof. Li Wei. To note, we welcomed Prof. Kato, Dean of Graduate school of Media and Governance at SFC campus of Keio University, in our AP from this event on.
There were four research plans presented by AP members: (1) Critical action research; translanguaging space co-created and lived by students and teachers in Academic Project (Multilingual and Multicultural Society) by Yaeko/myself, Prof. Sugihara, Prof. Baba and Prof. Fujita; (2) Translanguaging space: multilingual practice of Chinese netizen by Tei Tei; (3) Investigation on the applicability of translanguaging to the language retention and the heritage language education in Japan by Prof. Baba; and (4) Translanguaging and Indigenous Aynu Language Revitalization Efforts in Digital and Physical Japan by Prof. Fujita. After the presentations, Prof. Li Wei provided each presentation with comments and possible directions each research could be explored. In addition, he underscored some notes for the event as a whole. In particular, he highlighted the interdisciplinarity that this AP embraced and he encouraged us to celebrate such educational environment! It was a refreshing note for me, because sometimes we take what we have at SFC for granted (including unique interdisciplinary seminars such as Academic Projects).
While each research plan gets materialized at its own pace, we hope to have an opportunity to report the process of research to Prof. Li Wei in the coming school year in 2022.
(文責:Yaeko)
* Prof. Li Wei is currently Director and Dean of the University College London Institute of Education which hosts a large interdisciplinary Centre for Applied Linguistics, covering areas of research in applied linguistics and language education and has been my external supervisor for PhD thesis.