Take a Multicultural Metropolis Like London

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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: thegrouping within the

classes. They sit in ethnic

groups.

• Where they feelcomfortable and speak in

their own language to

each other.

• But they speak English to

the other students,

teachers and during the

lesson.



Local Education Authority area Language 1 Language 2 Language 3

Barking & Dagenham

Barnet

Bexley

Panjabi 2.50%

Gujarati 5.95%

Panjabi 3.42%

Hindi/ Urdu 1.60%

Greek 2.18%

Cantonese 1.28%

Turkish 0.50%

Hindu/ Urdu 1.50%

Turkish 1.01%

Brent

Bromley

Camden

Gujarati 23.85%

Panjabi 1.46%

Bengali + Sylheti 12.67%

Hindi/ Urdu 6.48%

Hindi/ Urdu 0.63%

Somali 2.38%

Somali 3.89%

Cantonese 0.57%

Spanish 1.82%

City of LondonCroydon

Ealing

Bengali + Sylheti 56.37%Hindi/ Urdu 1.49%

Panjabi 20.12%

English Creole 6.86%Gujarati 1.45%

Hindi/ Urdu 9.63%

Japanese 3.43%French 0.76%

Gujarati 5.45%

Enfield

Greenwich

Hackney

Turkish 7.16%

Panjabi 9.40%

Turkish 10.61%

Greek 4.80%

Yoruba 6.25%

Yoruba 6.79%

Gujarati 1.85%

Turkish 4.80%


Hammersmith & Fulham

Haringey

Harlow

Arabic 5.20%

Turkish 9.99%

Gujarati 18.80%

Hindi/ Urdu 2.07%

Akan 3.57%

Hindi/ Urdu 2.38%

Somali 1.97%

Somali 2.27%

Panjabi 1.67%

Havering

Hilllingdon

Houslow

Panjabi 0.36%

Panjabi 6.49%

Panjabi 15.90%

Hindu/ Urdu 0.32%

Hindu/Urdu 1.89%

Hindu/Urdu 7.59%

Gujarati 0.09%

Gujarati 1.71%

Gujarati 4.76%

Islington

Kensington & Chelsea

Kingston upon Thames


Arabic 9.72%

Korean 0.83%

Yoruba 2.42%

Portuguese 4.27%

Tamil 0.66%

Greek 1.56%

Spanish 3.91%

Arabic 0.35%

Lambeth

Lewisham

Merton

Yoruba 6.41%

English Creole 29.78%

Hindi/ Urdu 2.85%

Portuguese 4.08%

Cantonese 2.19%

Akan 1.91%

Spanish 2.12%

French 1.96%

Tamil 1.88%

Newham

Redbridge

Richmond upon Thames


Hindi/ Urdu 4.41%

Panjabi 1.04%

Hindi/ Urdu 8.95%

Panjabi 4.38%

Gujarati 0.84%

Panjabi 7.24%

Gujarati 1.22%

Arabic 0.80%

Southwark

Sutton

Tower Hamlets

Yoruba 7.54%

Gujarati 0.79%



Hindu/Urdu 0.66%

Somali 1.19%

Cantonese 2.06%

Tagalog 0.38%

Cantonese 1.04%

Waltham Forest

WandsworthWestminster

Hindi/ Urdu 8.82%

Hindi/ Urdu 4.69%Arabic 12.48%

Panjabi 7.82%

Gujarati 2.41%Bengali+ Sylheti 11.84%

Gujarati 2.38%

Bengali + Sylheti 1.24%Portaguese 3.76%

T h e

t h r e e l a n g u a g e s ( o t h e r t h a n E n g l i s h ) s p o k e n

i n t h e h o m e s o f t h e h i g h e s t p e r c e n t a g e o f

p u p i l s i n e a c h l o c a l e d u c a t i o n a u t h o r i t y a r e a .

( 2 0

0 0 ) P h i l i p B a k e r & J o h n E v e r s l e y



"Children learn the low variety as a native

language; in diglossic cultures, it is the

language of home, the family, the streets andmarketplaces, 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



• 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 thetill 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 2: At Work

Tooting High street



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 aglobal city: London Stories PalgraveMacmillan.

• Philip Baker & John Eversley, (2000)Multilingual Capital: The languages of

London’s school children and their relevance to

economic, social and educational policies.

• vlstatic.com/assets/maps/trails/1asian.pdf Asian London

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