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The 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB) will take place on 20-24 May 2015 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. The symposium will focus on the cognitive, linguistic, educational and sociolinguistic aspects of multilingualism.
Invited speakers include:
- Helen Kelly Holmes (Univerisity of Limerick)
- Juana M. Liceras (University of Ottawa)
- Luis Enrique López (Programa de Apoyo a la Calidad Educativa, Guatemala)
- Jeff MacSwan (University of Maryland)
- Lee Osterhout (University of Washington)
Call for papers
Proposals are invited for 20-minute presentations, posters or thematic sessions on any area of multilingualism (e.g., L1/L2 acquisition, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, education, multilingual societies, etc.). A more comprehensive listing of possible topics can be found in the official call for papers.
Presentations
Prospective presenters are requested to submit a anonymous 500-word abstract (exclusive of references; total length with examples and references should not exceed one page), indicating whether they are wish to be considered for an oral presentation or a poster. Authors should not submit more than one presentation as first authors. The proposals will be subjected to blind peer-review, and the preferred format (paper or poster) will not affect one’s chances of success. All submissions should be uploaded to EasyChair by 25 September 2014 (update: link no longer active).
Thematic sessions/colloquia:
Thematic sessions on narrowly defined topics of interest will be allocated 120-minute blocks. Proposals for thematic sessions should include a 500-word general abstract, a .pdf file containing anonymous abstracts for each presentation (each abstract should follow the same guidelines as the ones for individual papers, above), and author information. As above, proposals are to be submitted through EasyChair by 25 September 2014, and the “thematic session” option should be selected (update: link no longer active).
Additional information
Notification of acceptance will be given by 1 December 2014. Queries should be addressed to isb10.contact[at]gmail[dot]com.
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About me
Achilleas Kostoulas is an applied linguist and language teacher educator at the Department of Primary Education, University of Thessaly, Greece. He holds a PhD and an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the University of Manchester, UK and a BA in English Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
His research explores a wide range of issues connected with language (teacher) education, including language contact and plurilingualism, linguistic identities and ideologies, language policy and didactics, often using a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory to tease out connections between them. Some of his work in the field includes the research monograph The Intentional Dynamics of TESOL (2021, De Gruyter; with Juup Stelma) and the edited volume Doctoral Study and Getting Published (2025, Emerald; with Richard Fay), as well as numerous other publications.
Achilleas currently contributes to several projects that bring together his long-standing interests in language education, teacher development, and the social dimensions of language learning. As the coordinator of the expert team of AI Lang (Artificial Intelligence in Language Education), an initiative of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, he works on developing principles and resources to help educators make informed, pedagogically grounded use of AI in their teaching. He also leads the University of Thessaly team of ReaLiTea (Research Literacy of Teachers), a project that supports language teachers in developing the capacity to engage with, and contribute to, educational research. Alongside these, he contributes to LocalLing, a Horizon-funded initiative to preserve and strengthen heritage and minority languages globally.
In addition to the above, Achilleas is the (co)editor-in-chief of the newly established European Journal of Education and Language Review, and welcomes contributions that explore the dynamic intersections between language, education, and society.
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- I wrote this post on 16th September 2014. The post was archived in 2016. An aesthetic and functional upgrade took place on 11th January 2026.
- The views expressed here are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Thessaly or any other entity with which I am affiliated.
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