Month: October 2019

Meet URCUS!

URCUS is our newest team member and he loves to chat about TRANSLANGUAGING. Urcus invites families and young people to a fun free event on November 2nd, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in two locations in Glasgow: the Bridgeton Library and the Mitchell Library. If you want to know more about the event, please visit our event page.

Our creative team have prepared many activities where you can explore languages, learn about translanguaging and have fun being creative. We will post these activities in our Toolkit shortly after the event so do plan to revisit our site!

The other good news is that each young person will leave the event with a goody bag and their “Language Inventor” badge. Join us and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at Lavinia.Hirsu@glasgow.ac.uk.

This event is supported by the ESRC Festival of Social Science. #ESRCFestival

Starting with this school year (2019-2020), the Mitchell Library will be hosting five suitcases that contain the Toolkit that we have developed. The materials created during the CPD project, which are also available online under the Toolkit tab,  now have a physical form. The suitcases include activities and instructions for working with pupils in multilingual contexts. The materials can also be adapted to other contexts and, in fact, we like to believe that they can be used as a springboard for other creative activities that you can develop in your own contexts. Additional materials, such as books, blocks and the conductor’s spot, accompany the Toolkit to facilitate the activities. The suitcases can be checked out each term via the School Library Outreach Unit, and we highly encourage you to take advantage of their many resources!