CALM Seminar Series 2021-2022: “Saibhreas and society: intergenerational language transmission in Irish-speaking, Kurdish-speaking, and Polish-speaking families”

This talk will explore a model developed to give a holistic account of caregivers’ goals for successful intergenerational language transmission, referred to as the ‘saibhreas’ model. This model was developed within an autochthonous minority language context (Irish in Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry with the ’Sustaining Minoritized Languages in Europe’ initiative), but the talk will show the relevance of the model to conceptualising intergenerational transmission of heritage languages, specifically the Polish and Kurdish languages in Ireland through the project Languages, Families, and Society. The talk will outline the various challenges families encounter in reaching their goals for successful intergenerational language transmission and will discuss possible societal interventions that could help mitigate these obstacles.

Speaker: Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas, NUI Galway. Part of the CALM (Centre for Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism) Seminar Series for 2021-2022.

Registration

To attend this online webinar via Zoom, please register HERE.