{"id":5432,"date":"2021-02-20T12:26:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T09:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arctic-megapedia.com\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2021-02-22T07:37:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T04:37:29","slug":"proshel-dvuhdnevnyj-seminar-mnogojaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arctic-megapedia.com\/en\/blog\/2021\/02\/20\/proshel-dvuhdnevnyj-seminar-mnogojaz\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Multilingualism and Foreign Language Policy in Brazil and Russia: Dialogue\u2019 two-day seminar was held"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On February 15 and 19, 2021 within the framework of cooperation between the international UNESCO Chair of NEFU and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), \u2018Multilingualism and foreign language policy in Brazil and Russia: dialogue\u2019 seminar was held in the format of a videoconference. More than 40 people took part in the seminar: scientists, researchers, linguistics specialists, students, undergraduates and graduate students.<\/p>\n

On the first day of the seminar, on February 15, 2021, the Brazilian side made a speech: Professor, Head of the UNESCO Chair \u2018Language Policies for Multilingualism\u2019 at the University of Santa Catarina, Gilvan M\u00fcller de Oliveira made a presentation on \u2018Multilingualism in Brazil and South America\u2019, and also spoke about the activities and researches of his Chair; University of Santa Catarina researcher Maria Cristina Macedo Alencar presented her research paper on \u2018Challenges in bilingual intercultural school education among Aikewara and Guarani-Mby\u00e1 in Southeast Par\u00e1\u2019, according to which last year she defended her Ph.D. thesis.<\/p>\n

The speakers noted that monolingualism, the identification of Portuguese as a Brazilian identification mark, devalues other Brazilian languages, and that most of the indigenous languages of Brazil are in a state of vulnerability and high risk of extinction. In addition, during the seminar, Professor Gilvan M\u00fcller de Oliveira named three main social technologies used in Brazil to create multilingualism: co-officializing languages at the local level, recognizing languages as a national heritage, and promoting bilingualism on the country\u2019s border.<\/p>\n

After the speeches, the speakers answered the questions of the seminar participants about the impact of multilingualism on ethnos, the policy in Brazil regarding the languages of indigenous peoples, the problems of monolingualism and multilingualism, as well as the standards of teaching and learning the native language for indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n