On our YouTube channel you can now view our series on Language Stories. Language is diverse and multi-layered; we use and experience multiple forms of language. In our Language Stories videos. We asked residents of Greater Manchester to reflect on their experiences with different forms of language, and to describe their feelings and experiences as …
A recording is now available of our conference for UNESCO International Mother Language Day 2024 ‘Towards a Multilingual Utopia: How can knowledge lead to action?’, with contributions from: Language teachers Tahera Khanam and Hind Gaily (Manchester) and Sophie Gavrois (Birmingham), moderated by Dr Ian Cushing UNESCO City of Literature coordinators Joakim Albrektson and Hermosa Amor …
Manchester City of Literature and partners have introduced Manchester’s inaugural team of Multilingual City Poets, three talented creatives who have been appointed to produce a series of original works on behalf of the City throughout 2022, as part of International Mother Language Day 2022. The City’s new Multilingual City Poets team has been created to …
A panel discussion on the occasion ofUNESCO International Mother (and Father) Language Day 2022Manchester Central Library, Monday 21 February 2022, 6.30-7.30pm Over the past decade, Manchester has risen to prominence as ‘Britain’s City of Languages’, where over 200 languages are spoken. The city has been celebrating its language diversity, bringing together communities and cultural institutions …
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Developed in partnership with the Somali Advice Link charity and the Powerhouse Library, the project consisted of weekly sessions of storytime in English and other languages such as Arabic, Somali, Romanian, Russian. Originally designed to support families with pre-school age children who spoke those languages at home, the sessions also became language tasters as families …
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