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We will all have different memories and feelings about 2020 and the moment when coronavirus became our daily reality……. This session will explore a fascinating creative writing project that ...was born out of the pandemic. Come and find out about the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics’ published work ‘A Multilingual Decameron: Stories of a different world’ that features a range of stories written by students taking courses in the languages taught at the Open University, UK. At a time where personal, academic and professional lives were being disrupted by the international health crisis, the aim was to bring these students together by drawing on the wealth of multilingual and multicultural resources that are key assets of our diverse learning community! With Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde and Ola Fadoju
We will all have different memories and feelings about 2020 and the moment when coronavirus became our daily reality……. This session will explore a fascinating creative writing project that ...was born out of the pandemic. Come and find out about the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics’ published work ‘A Multilingual Decameron: Stories of a different world’ that features a range of stories written by students taking courses in the languages taught at the Open University, UK. At a time where personal, academic and professional lives were being disrupted by the international health crisis, the aim was to bring these students together by drawing on the wealth of multilingual and multicultural resources that are key assets of our diverse learning community! With Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde and Ola Fadoju
| Series: | WELS Showcase - Building on our resilience; Series 2021 |
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| Episode | 3 |
| Recording date: | 23-06-2021 |
| Published: | 2021 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:21:09 |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributors: | Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde; Ola Fadoju |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: https://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/alone-together-sharing-stories-lockdown?event=%20WELS%20Showcase%20-%20Building%20on%20our%20resilience%20-%2023%20June%202021 |
| Production number: | SHL00875 |
| Available to public: | yes |
