HOW TO HELP MULTILINGUAL TEENAGERS TO VALUE THEIR HERITAGE - Dr Ramona Gonczol

HOW TO HELP MULTILINGUAL TEENAGERS TO VALUE THEIR HERITAGE Especially during the teenage years, children want to fit in. And sometimes, this means hiding / erasing their multilingual identity. Dr Ramona Gönczöl led a project to help teenagers from state schools in London to see the value of their linguistic and cultural heritage. If you are curious to learn more about it, join us live to ask your questions directly to Dr Gönczöl. (If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, you will be able to catch-up later) TIMESTAMP 00:00 Introduction 02:14 Free consultation to win 04:00 School context 05:49 Why working with teenagers 07:18 How did you choose the schools to work with 11:07 Prestigious experience for students 13:05 Working remotely vs in-person 14:02 What happen during the sessions 16:49 Connecting with the roots 19:29 Raising Aspirational Project 23:10 Feedback from students 31:13 Advice to organise a similar programme 36:15 Symposium Language, Identity, Belonging 38:03 Can this project empower students from all backgrounds 39:14 Valuing languages help them stay alive 40:25 Working with Dr Gonczol 42:58 Follow up symposium 44:29 Future plans 45:20 Conclusion WHO IS DR RAMONA GONCZOL? Associate Professor in Romanian language studies at the School of Slavonic and East-European Studies (SSEES), University College London (UCL). Ramona convenes the PROLang Group that offers public events on topics related to the 18 languages offered at SSEES, from the East, South-East and Central European region, as well as the Baltic countries and Russia. She is also the Academic Coordinator for the Language Short Courses programme at SSEES. Ramona is the author of “Romanian and Essential Grammar” (2nd edition, 2020) and co-author of “Colloquial Romanian” (4th edition, 2014). Her research interests lie in the area of language acquisition, heritage speakers, cultural identities, language policy, multilingualism and ethnographic pedagogy. Ramona is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the recipient of the Romanian Order for Cultural Merits in Promoting Romanian Culture and Language Abroad (2018). Together with the Language Short Courses Programme at SSEES, she received a Special Commendation from the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) in 2021 for outstanding activity in promoting languages. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DR GONCZOL’S WORK UCL profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/20669-ramo... Prolang: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/research/... LinkedIn:   / ramona-gonczol-7173a14   YouTube video of the Symposium "Language, identity, belonging: Raising aspirations in heritage language students":    • Language, identity, belonging: Raising asp...   UCLSSEES YouTube channel:    / @uclssees   EVENT’S IMPORTANT LINKS: PDF Programme of the event: https://bit.ly/GMLEvent2025prog Enter the Giveaway: https://forms.gle/vm3sPLAY5P6EdpcG9 ORGANISER: This event is being organised and hosted by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori / Library 4 Multilinguals Ltd. Yoshito is an author dedicated to empowering multilingual children through his books and the work he does in schools. To learn more about his books and how he supports schools: WEBSITE: www.library4multilinguals.com If you want to support the translation of his books in various languages: DONATION PAGE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/yoshitods