Formed in 2001, Te Ao Mārama Research undertakes contract translation work, both Māori to English and English to Māori.
Current work includes precis and translation of 19th century Māori documents for the Crown Law Office for the WAI814 Waitangi Tribunal Claim.
The MAONZE group studies sound change over time in the Māori language. We have studied the Māori and English pronunciation of 3 groups of men: Mobile Unit (MU) speakers born in the 1880s, Kaumatua (K) born in the 1920s and 30s and young (Y) speakers born in the 1970s and 80s. The Y speakers are first (L1Y) and second (L2Y) language speakers of Maori. Current work involves analysis of the speech of women and study of changes to the rhythm of Māori.
The Association for speakers of Estonian has published a brochure in Estonian. The publication can be accessed here
The blog for the TLANG Project – Translation and Translanguaging: Investigating Linguistic and Cultural Transformations in Superdiverse Wards in Four UK Cities can be acccessed here.
The aim of the TLANG project is to understand how people communicate multilingually across diverse languages and cultures. The blog is used to provide regular updates on the research and progress of the project.
The European Commission document ‘Language teaching and learning in multilingual classrooms’ contains useful information about a range of issues faced by migrant children and focuses on methods to effectively allow children who speak a different home language to develop multilingual skills and participate effectively at school.
The European Commission has a webpage about the importance of early language learning, what has been done in the area so far and areas for future concern.
The European Commission - 'Languages: Supporting language learning and linguistic diversity' webpage includes information about multilingual classrooms, how they work, why they are important and how the European Commission is working to develop support and research in this area.
RUMACCC has developed three brochures which highlight the benefits of multilingualism and LOTEs (Languages other than English) for everyone and address common prejudices against multilingualism and second language learning. The brochure 'Some common fallacies about Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition' rebuts some common fallacies including the "crowded curriculum"; community languages as undermining literacy in English, and "unfair competition" coming from students with a background in community language.
RUMACCC was founded in 2001 by the internationally renowned linguist, Professor Michael Clyne (1939-2010), when he was professorial fellow in linguistics at The University of Melbourne.
The unit conducts research in Australian and international contexts in fields such as: