Events

Event Information:

• Tue

  21

  Feb

  2023

  Being multilingual: The experience of Ukrainian refugees

  17:15 - 18:15L22, G01, London Road Campus

  27 London Road, Reading RG1 5AG

  Although many people in the UK are multilingual, as a society we are predominantly monolingual. What it is like to live in such a monolingual society as a multilingual speaker?

  At this event to celebrate International Mother Language Day, you will hear the experiences of two Ukrainian refugees who came to the University of Reading through its Sanctuary Scholarship scheme. Within an interactive, multilingual interview format, we will question what it means to be multilingual in the UK today and how the languages we speak can shape our cultural identity.

  Hosted by the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism https://research.reading.ac.uk/celm/

  Contributors:
  Professor Federico Faloppa
  Professor Ludovica Serratrice
  Debra Page (PhD student)
  Anastasiia Kabantseva (undergraduate student)
  Sofia Yemets (undergraduate student).

  Details and registration at www.reading.ac.uk/events/Feed/2023/February/Being-multilingual-in-a-monolingual-society---The-experience-of-Ukrainian-refugees.