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September 26, 2011: CAFE Bilingue roundtable on plurilingual children, Paris
For five years now, CAFE Bilingue, an information and training center for bilingual and plurilingual education based in Paris, has been aiming to promote bilingualism and plurilingualism in education through various activities, with particular efforts geared towards the preservation of home languages when possible, and the recognition of families’ plurilingual heritage.
Building on substantial hands-on experience with families of very diverse origins and languages, CAFE Bilingue also organises seminars and discussions, group counselling, family picnics and language celebrations, as well as training for early childhood, health and education professionals, and anyone working in a multicultural environment.
The upcoming roundtable, as part of the European Day of Languages, is themed « Plurilingual children, from elite bilingualism to migrant plurilingualism », with a focus described as follows:
Bilingualism is a daily experience for millions of families living in France. While viewed as an asset for some, it is ignored and disparaged by others. The acknowledgment of bilingualism as an identity-structuring phenomenon and its recognition within education remains a serious challenge for the education system and society.
Guest specialists are:
– Ranka Bijeljac-Babic, psycholinguist, University of Poitiers, Paris Descartes, and the CNRS
– Andrea Young, linguist, IUFM, University of Strasbourg
– Kamila Sefta, sociolinguist, University of Paris III
– Barbara Abdelilah-Bauer, psychosociologist, linguist, founder of CAFE Bilingue
– Marie Rose Moro, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, University René Descartes
Information and subscription: inscription@cafebilingue.com
Monday September 26, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Université René Descartes
75006 – Paris
Free admission