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Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS)

多种语言：赋予个人权力，改变社会（MEITS）

基本信息

批准号：
AH/N004671/1
负责人：
Wendy Ayres-Bennett
金额：
$ 409.36万
依托单位：
University of Cambridge
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FN004671%2F1
关键词：
Multilingualism Empowering Individuals Transforming Societies

项目摘要

Understanding the transformative power of multilingualism is vital. Over half of mankind daily speaks more than one language, and multilingualism brings advantages for community relations, business, and global understanding. Yet the linguistic landscape is changing fast, with English increasingly the lingua franca. In the UK, many schools are highly multilingual, despite falling numbers learning languages, and almost 1 in 5 primary school pupils have a first language other than English. Equally integral to a multilingual UK are the regional (minoritized) languages (e.g. Irish, Scottish Gaelic). The decline in pupils taking language GCSEs/A-levels and the number of children with English as an additional language are often portrayed negatively, and the value of community and minoritized languages is underestimated.The aim of this interdisciplinary project is to reflect critically on multilingualism and to transform attitudes through greater understanding. Our approach is holistic, exploring individuals, communities and nations. We analyse the situations giving rise to multilingualism, its social implications and creative possibilities, and relationships between languages, cultures, identities and standards. We explore why individuals/societies choose (consciously or not) to be multilingual, the potential of multilingualism as 'mental gymnastics', ways to optimize language learning, and the benefits of multilingualism for community and international relations.Our research questions:1. What is the relationship between the multilingual individual and the multilingual society?What does it mean to be multilingual in a monolingual/multilingual society? Or monolingual in a multilingual society?2. What are the opportunities and challenges presented by multilingualism?How might multilingualism benefit individuals, enhance communities, enrich cultures and foster social cohesion? To what extent might multilingualism disadvantage individuals, divide communities, dilute culture or fragment societies?3. What is the relationship between multilingualism, diversity and identity?How does this play out at the individual, local, regional, national and international level?4. What is the relationship between multilingualism and language learning?Who can/should learn additional languages, and in what contexts? How do age and other factors affect motivation, achievement and well-being?5. How can we influence attitudes towards multilingualism?How can we change the attitudes of individuals and societies, and inform language policy?6. How can we re-energise Modern Languages research? Can we reinvigorate the discipline by broadening its scope and developing new interdisciplinary methodologies?Intersecting research strands (S1-6) offer powerful case studies for understanding multilingualism: literature, film and culture in a globalized context; the role of standard languages; linguistic identity, diversity and social cohesion; the influence of multilingual identity on foreign language learning; language learning across the lifespan; the cognitive benefits of multilingualism. The project spans major languages traditionally or newly studied in the UK (French, German, Mandarin, Spanish), minoritized languages in Europe (Catalan, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Ukrainian), and community languages (e.g. Cantonese, Polish, Punjabi). We seek to break down barriers between high/low status and home/learnt languages.The project will have transformative outcomes for individuals, for education, health and social policy and practice, and for international relations. Our partners (community groups, educational, cultural and policy bodies, drama and creative writing groups, business) will help shape the research and disseminate outcomes.Placing language-led research at its heart, literary-cultural studies are integrated into an exciting new interdisciplinary programme to show how Modern Languages can respond to key issues of our time.

理解多种语言的变革性力量至关重要。超过一半的人每天说一种以上的语言，多语言为社区关系、商业和全球理解带来了优势。然而，随着英语日益成为通用语言，语言环境正在迅速发生变化。在英国，尽管学习语言的人数在下降，但许多学校都是高度多语种的，近五分之一的小学生拥有英语以外的第一语言。地区性(小型化)语言(如爱尔兰语、苏格兰盖尔语)同样是多语种英国不可或缺的一部分。参加GCSE/A-Level语言考试的学生人数下降和将英语作为额外语言的儿童人数往往被描绘成负面的，社区语言和少数族裔语言的价值被低估。这一跨学科项目的目的是批判性地反思多种语言并通过更好的理解来改变态度。我们的方法是全方位的，探索个人、社区和国家。我们分析了导致多种语言使用的情况，它的社会影响和创造性的可能性，以及语言、文化、身份和标准之间的关系。我们探讨了为什么个人/社会选择(有意识或无意识地)成为多语种，多语种作为“智力体操”的潜力，优化语言学习的方法，以及多语种对社区和国际关系的好处。我们的研究问题：1.多语种个人和多语种社会之间的关系是什么？在一个单一语言/多语种社会中，多语种意味着什么？还是在多语言社会中使用单一语言？2.多语言带来的机遇和挑战是什么？多语言如何使个人受益、促进社区发展、丰富文化和促进社会凝聚力？多语言使用可能在多大程度上对个人不利、分裂社区、稀释文化或支离破碎的社会？3.多语言、多样性和身份认同之间的关系是什么？这在个人、地区、地区、国家和国际层面上是如何发挥作用的？4.多语言和语言学习之间的关系是什么？谁可以/应该学习更多的语言，以及在什么环境中学习？年龄和其他因素如何影响动机、成就和幸福感？5.我们如何影响对多种语言的态度？我们如何改变个人和社会的态度，并为语言政策提供信息？6.我们如何重振现代语言研究？我们能否通过扩大学科范围和开发新的跨学科方法来振兴这门学科？交叉研究线索(S1-6)为理解多语言提供了强有力的案例研究：全球化背景下的文学、电影和文化；标准语言的作用；语言认同、多样性和社会凝聚力；多语言认同对外语学习的影响；终身语言学习；多语言认知的好处。该项目涵盖英国传统或新学习的主要语言(法语、德语、普通话、西班牙语)、欧洲的非主流语言(加泰罗尼亚语、爱尔兰语、苏格兰盖尔语、乌克兰语)和社区语言(如广东话、波兰语、旁遮普语)。我们寻求打破高/低地位和家庭/所学语言之间的障碍。该项目将对个人、教育、卫生、社会政策和实践以及国际关系产生变革性的结果。我们的合作伙伴(社区团体、教育、文化和政策机构、戏剧和创意写作团体、企业)将帮助塑造研究和传播成果。以语言为核心的研究，文学-文化研究被整合到一个令人兴奋的跨学科的新计划中，展示现代语言如何应对我们时代的关键问题。