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British Council, New Delhi 12 January 2016

11 th International Language & Development Conference: Multilingualism & Development Partners’ conclave for legacy programme. British Council, New Delhi 12 January 2016.

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British Council, New Delhi 12 January 2016

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  1. 11th International Language & Development Conference:Multilingualism & DevelopmentPartners’ conclave for legacy programme British Council, New Delhi 12 January 2016 The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are a registered charity; 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  2. Conference in pictures www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  3. Objectives of partners’ conclave By the end of the meeting we expect potential partners to: • have a shared understanding of the impact of the 11th LDC • have a shared understanding of the action and research agendas emerging out of the 11th LDC and an opportunity to state their interest in pursuing these agendas • have an opportunity to comment on the 11th LDC programme and make recommendations for subsequent conferences in the series • discuss possible directions for the legacy programme • agree on next steps – possibly face to face meetings with each institution to work out aspects of the legacy programme (by March 2016) www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  4. About the LDC • Held in Asian and African countries biennially since 1993 • Brings together policy makers, professionals and researchers interested in the roles that languages play in development and in developing countries. • Conferences address issues concerning world, national, second and minority languages in relation to human, cultural and economic development, language policy and education • Not an English or ELT conference • Not a British Council ‘owned’ event – hosted five of ten (inc. last three) • Bid process to host conference organized by group of trustees • The host country government has traditionally supported the event through various Ministries. • Delhi was the 11th edition – the largest and the most diverse with 263 speakers and delegates from 26 countries www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  5. Themes and sub-themes for 2015 conference Multilingualism and Development • Multilingualism and the metropolis • Language, technology and multi-literacies • Marginalisation, empowerment and multilingualism www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  6. New Delhi conference in numbers 155 submissions from 40 countries (open call) 266 registered participants 26 countries 69 academic sessions 25 sessions were webcast 700,000 + : Twitter impressions 600,000+ : Facebook reach 600 views: YouTube channel 729,000: Viewership of NDTV Prime panel discussion with LangDev plenary speakers Pre-conference research symposium in partnership with NMRC-JNU (a first time for the series) www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  7. New Delhi conference: partners • The conference was supported by: • Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India • National Multilingual Educational Resource Consortium (JNU) • UNESCO Cluster Office for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka • Research Councils UK • Digital Empowerment Foundation. www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  8. Why did we bid for the conference in India? Through this conference, we hoped to further deepen our collective understanding of how languages and literacies can co-exist and reinforce each other, helping young people to reap the benefits associated with multilingualism and multiliteracies. British Council is a firm supporter of the Language & Development Conference series because as a cultural relations organisation, we believe that multiple languages sustain cultural diversity that has long term and sustained effect in securing peace and prosperity for us as individuals, for our communities and for our countries. British Council and cultural relations - mission of linking the UK to other countries through education and the English language. While we promote quality education and are committed to improving learning outcomes, we also support the desirability of mother-tongue based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) in the early years of schooling. www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  9. For discussion: • What is it that you are doing or planning to do that already fits the action and research agendas generated from the conference? • Are their some agendas that are common among those present? What are these? • Are there agendas that have resonance outside India and how can they be facilitated by the partners’ networks? • What ideas / agendas can we use to arrive at a common minimum programme? • What can we do to share the learnings and resources from the conference widely? www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

  10. Thank you www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships

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