Date: Saturday 25th July 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (GMT, London)
Speaker: Professor Ikuo Kawakami (Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics, Waseda University) <biography>
Participation: Online only (using Zoom)
Language for the seminar: Japanese
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Outline of the seminar
In this seminar, Professor Kawakami will first present a lecture about the study field as Children Crossing Borders. From the viewpoint of mobilities and Languages, we will explore what ‘learning a language’ and ‘education of language’ mean, reflecting on how the experiences of being brought up in a plurilingual environment influences you throughout your lifetime - children, university students, parents and the elderly. Subsequently, we will have group discussions about topics assigned beforehand, and finally exchange our views all together.

Timetable (draft)
10:00-10:10 Welcome (BATJ Chair)
10:10-10:40 Study field as Children Crossing Borders (lecture by Professor Kawakami)
10:40-11:15 Group discussion on assigned topics
11:15-11:20 Break
11:20-12:00 Group discussion