Claire Frampton
I am a Visitor Experience Assistant at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, developing a career in arts and heritage. I am currently taking a qualification Associateship of the Museums Association.
Location Oxford
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This piece of writing is biased against sponsorship of culture by the oil industry. This makes sense looking at the mission statement of Culture Unstained, the group whose website it appears. The mission of Culture Unstained is to end oil sponsorship of culture....
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I looked at the website for the King Edward III Visitor Centre, which I trust to be a respectable organisation. It has a badge saying its quality assured by Visit England.
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I didn’t know previously about the wildcard option, thinking that if I typed in the beginning of a word the search engine would automatically look for words with different endings...
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I sometimes research the protest group BP or not BP on Google. I had not really thought about how the words (or not) might affect the search. In the future, I might search BP protest, etc.
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I like using Google, and type in different combinations of words, however I’m aware I could use more advanced search techniques. Sometimes its good to use a wide, general search to see what comes up, Google images can give inspiration through visuals.
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I definitely think its a skill to develop research skills into which resources are relevant. I think it’s important to remember, while researching, to have a strong idea of research questions. Sometimes its easy, while researching, to get too caught up in text.
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I think it is important to be careful when using resources such as blogs, but they can be really interesting sources, for example relating to craft, for instance blogs on supplier shop websites etc. Sometimes blogs are written a time after events but if they include writers reflections I feel they are still useful sources.
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I think social media posts are reputable if they are posted by a institutional source, for instance a museum. They can give insight into current events, exhibitions etc. I would trust information on this type of site because it is authorised by staff.
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The video doesn’t mention social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Many respectable institutions have a social media presence, and with some research angles it can be OK to include these sources, and even for the sources themselves to be the subject of the research.
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I research information on the internet from different sources, for shopping and academic research. I think it is important to research in this way to make sure purchases are informed by knowledge of the market, and for academic articles its important to get the most up to date information.
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I would defiantly try and include toys in an imaginary exhibition about children of the Industrial Revolution. The page on this link: http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/toys.htm states that ‘Poor families made their won [toys] such as cloth-peg dolls and paper windmills. Children would save their pocket money to buy marbles, a spinning top,...
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It refers to ‘many places of Lancashire’, which refers to other locations than the location the piece of writing is referring to. I would be interested to find out how likely it was for a millworker to have knowledges of other locations than their workplace, perhaps through newspapers.
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The piece does promote the child’s voice, though it is unlikely that it was written by a child worker, however otherwise the child’s voice may not have been represented.
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Both accounts record high standards for the care of workers clothing.
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In this information the weaver’s thoughts don’t seem to be represented.
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In the recent dance theatre piece Cotton with About Time Dance Company, information on the website and documentary film explains the relationship between participants and their family genealogy: https://abouttimedancecompany.co.uk/dance-projects/cotton/.
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I would like to read a serial story since its not all available at once.
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She uses romantic language and explicitly explains use of language: ‘no language can paint the suffering which I afterwards endured from my tormentor’.
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It seems that the child was given tasks which put him in a dangerous position, perhaps being young affected his judgement.
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The article describes the noise and the stench relating to the machinery, and the effect of the atmosphere on human well being. It describes the severity of the overlooked.
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I think Oastler chose this comparison because it highlights the view that slavery didn’t only happen in the colonies, and happened in English society, and he describes the circumstances.
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I saw information about this upcoming digital performance about people living with the effects of strokes and brain injury, also the road to recovery and hope https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forget-me-nots-tickets-150066622307?aff=efbeventtix.
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Poems allow for a creative platform that is not necessarily about reciting facts. Through poems we can find out more about human experience and emotions, from the floor. It seems that poems are a valuable source of information from this perspective, other sources of information from the time do not seem to see this perspective as important.
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Positive aspects of working in the mills: being part of a community and part of technological process. Learn to work with technologies.
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What motives might a worker have for writing a poem or song of this type? Reflecting, wish to entertain others and build communities.
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I have had some previous awareness of this. I am aware about this issue relating to contemporary production of items such as clothing and technology.
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I have been to Quarry Bank Mill.
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The hand loom needs more human power, where it seems that the role of the worker with the power loom is more supervisory.
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I have visited Quarry Bank, and attended the launch event for an arts programme Arts and Wonder which was ‘a season of creative responses to the themes of work, leisure and the legacy of industrialisation’.
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My name is Claire Frampton and I am developing a research portfolio about theatre in heritage education. I decided to work on this course since it relates to a paper I am researching.
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In the TED talk, about death rituals in an Indonesian community, the speaker gives first hand experience of a remote culture. She eloquently describes the culture and rituals surrounding death- a prominent aspect of the society, and gives a picture of the vibrancy of this culture. This is in contrast to the way people engage with death in the West. Vibrant...
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While I was enrolled on this course, I gave a conference paper about Recent Theatre and Engagement with Medical History at a Medical Humanities conference, and on this course was fascinated to watch the recordings of performance. Also this course has been a great opportunity to see the bigger picture of arts and medicine since I had engaged with sewing...
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A 2019 article on the UK Mental Health foundation site, ‘How arts can help improve your mental health’, discusses the role of the arts in terms of ‘huge public health challenges in the UK’. The role of the arts in this context includes ‘offering help, promoting well-being and creating a space for social connection’...
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This page on Google Arts and Culture is about Van Gogh, a famous artist who suffered from mental illness. The page also mentions Edvard Munch, who painted The Scream a very famous painting, and who also suffered from mental illness https://artsandculture.google.com/usergallery/the-connection-between-mental-illness-and-creativity/xgLyEzX8LSiCJg.
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During the lockdown in 2020 I contributed to this COVID quilt project at my arts centre, sewing quilt square with designs relating to COVID and the lockdown https://www.ovada.org.uk/the-ovada-covid-quilt-project/. The call for the project invited people from the community to take part. This constructive activity helped to deal with the change that came with...
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Claire Frampton replied to Tracy W
I definitely think COVID has made people resourceful in different ways.
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I usually work in a museum, and I develop and cultivate my ideas through developing skills so I can harness the potential of my ideas. Currently I am doing a sewing qualification developing confidence in a creative skill. This includes getting inspiration from museum textiles.
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I read a blog on the website for the UK Collections Trust by the Head of Collections and Programming at Paintings in Hospitals. Paintings in Hospitals is a charity, a collection ‘founded on lending its art to health care sites’. It states that ‘The ethos of Paintings in Hospitals is to use art to inspire better health and wellbeing’...
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I think it is so important to remember the heart beating inside me.
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Medical humanities bridges aspects of art and science rather than keeping them as separate areas of research. This is a developing area in contemporary discourse. It includes studies about how arts can complement research and practice in medicine, and is an area of research itself.
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Hi there, I am interested in how the concept of medicine and the arts has developed due to the COVID pandemic. I’m interested in the combination of art and theatre, for instance I’m looking forward to this online performance organised through the National Gallery, London which incorporates painting and aspects of science...
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A webpage on Alzheimer’s.org.uk: Caring culture: Museums reaching out to people with dementia from Dementia together magazine: Dec 20/ Jan 21 states that ‘Museums are finding creative new ways to stay engaged with people who have dementia during the pandemic’. This integrates information about the museum dementia=friendly activities ‘before and during the...
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A 2015 article in The Guardian Words fail us: dementia and the arts https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/19/dementia-and-the-arts-fiction-films-drama-poetry-painting states that ‘Dementia thwarts the attempts to describe its internal experience because it is beyond language. Art, however, can try to enter the silent darkness’. It mentions Shakespeare’s...
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A 2017 document produced by Historic Royal Palaces, ‘A guide to help make our site more dementia - friendly’ gives guidance on creating a dementia friendly visitor experience https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-04/dementia_friendly_heritage_guide_compressed.pdf. It states that ‘Heritage staff and volunteers must feel confident interacting...
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I found a website with information about music, arts and dementia in Oxfordshire, where I live https://www.dementiaoxfordshire.org.uk/music-the-arts-and-dementia/. It states that ‘There are a wide range of friendly and accessible groups across Oxfordshire that regularly run organised activities around music and the arts’.
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I read about this 2020 study published with medical research journal BMJ ‘Dementia and Imagination: a mixed-methods protocol for arts and science research’. The background information in the introduction states that ‘Dementia is now firmly on the international public and policy agenda, bringing opportunities for change on a wider scale for those living with...
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The Meet Me at the Museum project for older visitors at Oxford University Museums includes object handling https://www.ashmolean.org/meet-me-appeal
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I think it is very important for people with dementia to be given the opportunity to continue to learn and acquire new skills. This contributes to quality and enjoyment of life. I think a choir where friends and family can join in is a lovely idea, and helps build a community.
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At home, I have some cushions where I produced my own creative embroidery designs. I originally made them for a relative who lived in Norwich, and I incorporated a new stitch I learnt, Norwich stitch. Now they help me feel closer to my relatives, though I live a few hours away.
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This information doesn’t surprise me. I saw a presentation CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING UPDATE at Museums and Heritage Show 2019 from a representative from Culture Health and Well-being Alliance steering group,this was the first time I heard about it. It explained the report Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Well-being. I am now developing an...
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The Meet Me at the Museum project run through Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums team of older people have ‘created animations co-produced displays, composed and produced music in the galleries, taken iPad photos of favourite objects in the galleries ..’ https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/meet-me-museum.
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Meet me at the museum social group for older people and those with dementia run through Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums, an opportunity for learning. Developing the worshops, a team is creating opportunities for co production with this group https://ashmoleanforall.blog/2019/04/02/meet-me-at-the-museum/
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I feel it is very important about my understanding of the impact of my organisation in relationship to its resilience since I am on the frontline as a gallery attendant and interact with the public I need to have an understanding of the relationship to my job and work to the operations and success of the whole museum.
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I have been present at a discussion about the Annual Report of the museum I work for https://www.ashmolean.org/files/ashmoleanannualreview2018-19pdf which has information about successful projects, a section about support of the museum, including sustainability. I also attend presentations about successful projects in my organisation Oxford University Gardens...
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We have to adapt in a changing world, change to what our visitors want and as well as being aware of people’s health and how we can support visitors and staff. I see the museum I work for as not vulnerable since it is part of a university. However, we still need to be aware of triggers and impacts that might affect performance. Though the museum is part of a...
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New approaches to income generation at the museum where I work include training frontline staff in fundraising techniques, relating to fundraising requests on the floor. Challenges include relationship to text on donation boxes and guides requesting donations, keeping the team motivated, training to staff to be confident in knowledges about what raised monies...
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What key changes could my organisation make to strengthen the Core Purpose and communicate this effectively to potential givers? Training frontline staff in organisation vision and values so they are confident explaining these to visitors who might potentially donate.
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Articulating public value makes it clearer to potential stakeholders what the organisation is about so it would help to diversify stakeholder base of potential givers since they would be more confident about what they were getting involved with.
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My organisation values are the OXFORD GARDENS LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS STRATEGIC PLAN https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/strategic-plan. I think the values of my organisation come from the fact that it’s part of a university. It can the face of public engagement for the university so it could be seen as changing perceptions of what can be seen as an elitist institutions....
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My museum is a public facing organisation. The Annual Report analyses public impact, describing different projects with different audiences https://www.ashmolean.org/files/ashmoleanannualreview2018-19pdf. Just from memory I could roughly describe the current projects and efforts to develop audiences. The annual campaign is about digitalisation where a pound...
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SWOT analysis of a museum.
Strengths: established museum, part one of the world’s best universities, strong public profile and fundraising portfolio
Weaknesses: need to make the museum more inclusive and accessible, the perception that people have that the museum is purely for highly educated people can be a barrier,
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My name is Claire Frampton and I work as a gallery attendant in a museum. I‘m interested to take this course since in my role I support all types of visitors to the galleries, including the elderly. I would also like to learn more about related government policy and reports....
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What elements of the Isenberg model are evident in what Jim discusses about live theatre? The idea that cities are based on creativity and economy relates to the culture and finance sections of the Isenberg model. Working with the city financed unrestricted income. The city supported the cultural sector through a loan. Social enterprise is a way of supporting...
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I would choose mission related social enterprise. The development of services could mean renting out unused buildings, developing an artists residency programme, for workshops and for events, developing an events offer where people could hold events at the museum. Development of education offer, where schools pay to come and do a workshop. Development of...
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A burning platform is something that creates urgency, an uncomfortable situation, it might be a building that urgently needs refurbishment. An example I heard of in the news was the theatre that collapsed in London November 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50323329. I worked in a theatre in London as a student so this is something I could...
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Barriers to change: lack of resources to rethink how an organisation is run
Roles leaders and managers should play in organisational change: be open minded about development of ideas about how an organisation is run at the same time maintaining management roles. Integrating change into a role willing to change and develop themselves. Network to find out what... -
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Since completing this course I wrote this blog article about a multilingual theatre festival in London https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/blog/exploring-multilingualism/multilingualism-voila-europe-theatre-festival.
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Key leadership features: creativity -making ideas happen, partners having ownership over a programme. Capacity to look outwards. Embedding culture in city services. Being honest from the start. Business plan decided by the whole team
Benefits and challenges of adopting a relational leadership style? Encouraged to have high standards in a team Challenges... -
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I think Transformational Leadership would be best type of leadership for my organisation since it recognises the need for change, and we live in a changing society.
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I work as a gallery attendant in a museum where I encourage donations. I have Asbergers syndome which gave me a communication difficulty, however I feel I do my best to ensure visitor satisfaction. I am enrolled on professional development certificate Associateship of the Museums Association as part of this I am reflecting on knowledge area How Do Museums...
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In terms of museums, a 2016 museum workforce report highlighted skills sector gaps in the UK https://www.aim-museums.co.uk/museums-workforce-research-report-highlights-sector-skills-gaps/. This ´highlighted 30 recommendations that focus on recruitment, skills and CPD, organisational and sector developmentˋ including ˋthe need for better business skills to...
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In 2013 I completed MA Arts Policy and Management from Birkbeck College, University of London. I have joined the course to keep updated on what’s happening in the creative sector, in my MA I studied the differences between the arts management and creative industries.
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What makes a successful archaeologist? A range of skills, including scientific and field skills, also team working and communication skills. Not to mention project management and commitment to professional development.
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It sounds like the lifestyle of an apprentice lead to dangerous situations where accidents happened.
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The reasons for the mechanical strain and poor diet might be linked to a low status, perhaps slave or servant.
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I have read this page from the Museums Association about changes relating to the treatment of human remains in the U.K. in recent years https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/8125.
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Thinking about the answers to the questions above I decided to go to the European Prehistory Gallery in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford https://www.ashmolean.org/european-prehistory.
In terms of movement of how Neolithic things and practices crossed from Europe into Britain and Ireland, a display explores the spread of coins as evidence of the ways Iron Age,... -
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In the medieval period I don’t think there was the same concept of teenager as there is now. I read this article about definitions related to youth etc. in the Middle Ages...
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Other skills needed: planning, project management, finds handing skills, packaging artefacts, knowledge of preventative conservation ....
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I work in the Ashmolean Museum of art and archaeology in Oxford, so I am interested in developing my knowledges of archaeology. Especially as the museum hosts archaeology related events, such as a Festival of Archaeology https://www.ashmolean.org/event/festival-of-archaeology.
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Archaeology is so important in today’s world, for uncovering new evidence about history. New evidence about the past can be incorporated into contemporary heritage studies.
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I work Front of House in a Museum which is the department employing the largest number of staff in the building. We encourage donations as part of the museum’s fundraising strategy, and there are other departments involved in raising funds for the museum, Commercial Department and Development Department. I would say that the museum has an effective fundraising...
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I work as a gallery attendant and have MA Arts Policy and Management from Birkbeck College (2013). I am taking this course to stay on top with my knowledges with what is happening in the arts at the moment. I am enrolled on the professional development certificate Associateship of the Museums Association so am primarily interested in museums but am interested...
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The first digital services I used using copyrighted information was CDs and I used to work in a classical music shop in Oxford. Recently I gave some CDs to a charity shop in Oxford, that I had bought originally.
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Thanks for this course. I saw this info about opportunities to learn ancient languages at the British Museum, learning with museum objects. I work in a museum, and see it as a multilingual environment since there are visitors from all over the world speaking different languages also the objects have information in different ancient languages....
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A language that is only spoken as a minority language: Tatar is spoken in a few languages it seems as a minority language: in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia etc.
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Easyjet
How are diversity or multilingualism valued?
2012 article easyJet’s new multilingual website https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2012/07/easyjets-new-multilingual-mobile-website/. A website optimised for mobiles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch allowing people to book flights in these languages.
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Do you write to family members in home languages? Do you have professional qualifications in your home language? Would a qualification in your home language be helpful in your working life? Do you have a mix of books in different languages at home?
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Bavarian. Policy to save the language: keep up regional libraries with texts in this language, run language courses in local colleges with the language. Museum displays about the history of the language. Fund academic writing about the current use of and history of Bavarian.
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What motivated you to learn this language? What was your first awareness of this language. How easy was it to learn this language? Did you find it easy to speak the new language.
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I failed the first attempt but then got into it getting mostly right answers.
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This article mentions the internet as one reason for the dominance of English https://www.creativeml.ox.ac.uk/languages-uk. I would like to have a better grasp of other languages, and through my research I know that not all websites are in English, some offering different language options.
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I am English and English is my first language, I learned German and seem French at school, and went on foreign exchange visits. In England theres an issue where it’s felt that learning languages isn’t given enough priority in schools. I think it is beneficial for people to learn English however I know there are criticisms of its dominance. I think it’s as...
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I think this is great as this approach helps pupils feel part of a school community, and creates awareness of world cultures. I think this approach would help immigrant pupils learn Dutch as speaking original language builds confidence in the classroom. I think the approach benefits the Frisian language again building confidence in learning different...
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1. it seems that working knowledge of at least two languages has a positive impact on earnings
2. it is worth teaching children languages in the family since this has economic benefits
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At the Ashmolean Museum, a Gallery Reading and Writing displays examples of writing from the history of world cultures and about the development of writing and recording https://www.ashmolean.org/reading-and-writing. This can be seen as a public resource for the study of heritage languages that anyone can use...
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I work at the Bodleian Libraries and earlier this year there was an exhibition about translation in the history of world cultures with treasures from the collection https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2019/feb/babel-adventures-in-translation. To accompany this there was a series of events exploring academia and translation.
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I work in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford which hosted the launch of the Creative Multilingualism research project, in January 2017. This night demonstrated the aims of the project; creativity and research in language learning. I designed and took part in a music performance, part of that evening, please see this link to a video documenting the event...
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My step brother has a Greek wife they speak both languages at home. My step father is a language teacher and speaks French fluently. English is the dominant language since we are in the UK.
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This exhibition about translation in different contexts in society included a road sign in Welsh and English, in the context it was made for in Wales the languages are equally important https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2019/feb/babel-adventures-in-translation
