I’ve just spent the day with one of Greenwich University’s tutors (Priti Chopra) who works between London and Delhi, and we got to talking about education, ethnicity, bilingualism and the impact of gender, class and status on learning. I think the passengers on the tube were impressed as well. Almost surreal to be talking about bilingualism on the tube.
I got to go back to Brixton and to Lambeth College and saw a wonderful ESOL lesson with a great ethnically diverse group of students – full of mischief! Nice to walk through Brixton without the fear I used to have when I lived there – a much brighter and energetic place than it was in the 1980s.
For those interested, the reading links can be found here: http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/staff/martin_jones_marilyn.shtml
