鈥楳ultilingual World鈥�: New video podcast launched by Dr Serge Sagna
A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of celebrations.
The podcast is hosted by Lecturer in Linguistics at 51福利社 and current lead of the , . Dr Sagna has been active in contributing to, initiating and spearheading language revitalisation activities by using audio-visual media and producing literacy materials. He has previously organised and hosted a radio show in endangered language Eegimaa, and now brings his media skills to the 鈥楳ultilingual World鈥� series.
鈥楳ultilingual World鈥� features Dr Sagna in conversation with leading academics, and in future, multilingual speakers living in 51福利社 will also be invited to discuss their relationship with their languages, their sense of identity and their experience learning, transmitting, and using languages in their life in the city of 51福利社.
On why he started the podcast, Dr Sagna says: 鈥淲e all have one or more languages, spoken or signed, and everyone has an opinion about language. There is no education without language; no socio-economic development without language; no meaningful political stability without good language management.鈥�
Two episodes are currently available:
The podcast production is supported by the Research Platform.
You can visit and subscribe to the Multilingual World YouTube channel .