Take a multicultural metropolis like London: what model of multilingualism

would you choose? For whom

and why?
Serife Kadiroglu TESOL 13091552

Tooting Broadway

Background Information
Tooting Broadway is located in South west of London (SW17).

It is in the London borough of

Wandsworth. The population of Tooting is around 92,000, with a 27.6% ethnic minority background. (2001 Census)

 Tooting has been the home to many different cultures and

continues to increase.
It has a large population of the Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities. But since 2004 there has been an increase of people from the European Union also settling there.

Model of Multilingualism: DIAGLOSSIA

Tooting = Diaglossic model The reason for my choice is simply because I grew up in Tooting and have observed the area, the people and the languages spoken. My greatest observation was when I was teaching in Burntwood secondary school.

Burntwood Secondary School

The first example: the grouping within the classes. They sit in ethnic groups. Where they feel comfortable and speak in their own language to each other. But they speak English to the other students, teachers and during the lesson.

Barking & Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith & Fulham Haringey Harlow Havering Hilllingdon Houslow Islington Kensington & Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets

Panjabi 2.50% Gujarati 5.95% Panjabi 3.42% Gujarati 23.85% Panjabi 1.46% Bengali + Sylheti 12.67% Bengali + Sylheti 56.37% Hindi/ Urdu 1.49% Panjabi 20.12% Turkish 7.16% Panjabi 9.40% Turkish 10.61% Arabic 5.20% Turkish 9.99% Gujarati 18.80% Panjabi 0.36% Panjabi 6.49% Panjabi 15.90% Bengali + Sylheti 5.67% Arabic 9.72% Korean 0.83% Yoruba 6.41% English Creole 29.78% Hindi/ Urdu 2.85% Bengali + Sylheti 10.97% Hindi/ Urdu 4.41% Panjabi 1.04% Yoruba 7.54% Gujarati 0.79% Bengali + Sylheti 53.81%

Hindi/ Urdu 1.60% Greek 2.18% Cantonese 1.28% Hindi/ Urdu 6.48% Hindi/ Urdu 0.63% Somali 2.38% English Creole 6.86% Gujarati 1.45% Hindi/ Urdu 9.63% Greek 4.80% Yoruba 6.25% Yoruba 6.79% Hindi/ Urdu 2.07% Akan 3.57% Hindi/ Urdu 2.38% Hindu/ Urdu 0.32% Hindu/Urdu 1.89% Hindu/Urdu 7.59% Yoruba 2.42% Portuguese 4.27% Tamil 0.66% Portuguese 4.08% Cantonese 2.19% Akan 1.91% Hindi/ Urdu 8.95% Panjabi 4.38% Gujarati 0.84% Bengali + Sylheti 2.45% Hindu/Urdu 0.66% Somali 1.19%

Turkish 0.50% Hindu/ Urdu 1.50% Turkish 1.01% Somali 3.89% Cantonese 0.57% Spanish 1.82% Japanese 3.43% French 0.76% Gujarati 5.45% Gujarati 1.85% Turkish 4.80% Bengali + Sylheti 5.41% Somali 1.97% Somali 2.27% Panjabi 1.67% Gujarati 0.09% Gujarati 1.71% Gujarati 4.76% Greek 1.56% Spanish 3.91% Arabic 0.35% Spanish 2.12% French 1.96% Tamil 1.88% Panjabi 7.24% Gujarati 1.22% Arabic 0.80% Cantonese 2.06% Tagalog 0.38% Cantonese 1.04%

Waltham Forest

Hindi/ Urdu 8.82%

Panjabi 7.82%

Gujarati 2.38%

Wandsworth
Westminster

Hindi/ Urdu 4.69%

Arabic 12.48%

Gujarati 2.41%
Bengali+ Sylheti 11.84%

Bengali + Sylheti 1.24%

Portaguese 3.76%

The three languages (other than English) spoken in the homes of the highest percentage of pupils in each local education authority area. (2000) Philip Baker & John Eversley

Local Education Authority area

Language 1

Language 2

Language 3

"Children learn the low variety as a native language; in diglossic cultures, it is the language of home, the family, the streets and marketplaces, friendship, and solidarity. By contrast, the high variety is spoken by few or none as a first language. It must be taught in school. The high variety is used for public speaking, formal lectures and higher education, television broadcasts, sermons, liturgies, and writing.
Robert Lane Greene, You Are What You Speak. 2011

Example 2: At Work Tooting High street

There are many Asian and Afro-Caribbean stores down the High street where you tend to hear the native languages of many different ethnic groups. English is spoken during customer service and at the till of many stores but a general overview walking down the streets of Tooting you can hear many different languages. But the reason why you hear various languages because most people who live in Tooting only know their native language.

Situational code-switching

Example 3: At home
For Monolinguals the language you speak at home is the language you speak everywhere. But for many bilinguals your home language is your native language but your work language, etc. is English.

Bibliography
David Block, (2006), Multilingual identities in a global city: London Stories Palgrave Macmillan. Philip Baker & John Eversley, (2000) Multilingual Capital: The languages of Londons school children and their relevance to economic, social and educational policies. vlstatic.com/assets/maps/trails/1asian.pdf Asian London