Tag: Sociolinguistics
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13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016)
ALA 2016 The 13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016) is to be held at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna) on 19-22 July 2016. The topic of this year’s conference is Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts. Plenaries Confirmed plenary speakers include: Veronika Koller (Lancaster University) Almut Köster (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Aneta Pavlenko (Temple…
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Call for papers: Faces of English: Theory, Practice and Pedagogy
The Centre for Applied English Studies at Hong Kong University will be hosting an international conference titled “Faces of English: Theory, Practice and Pedagogy” in Hong Kong on 11-13 June 2015. According to the conference organisers, the meeting aims to highlight “the rich diversity of approaches to understanding English and the range of contexts in…
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[Call for papers] International Symposium on Bilingualism
[Archive] Call for papers for the 2015 International Symposium on Bilingualism.
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Sociocultural Competence & Language Learning in Multilingual Settings
This is a post advertising a conference that took place in Brussels in September 2014.
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Greek Language and Spoken Communication [Call for papers]
The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are organising a two-day Symposium on ‘Greek language and spoken communication’, which will take place in Thessaloniki on 18-19 September 2014. The Symposium will look into pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects of Modern Greek, with particular emphasis on its use in naturally occurring…
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Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula
[Archive] Call for papers for the edited volume “Language, Identity and Education on the Arabian Peninsula” (Buckingham, 2016).
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![Beyond English: Multilingualism in Contemporary Europe [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/3050378171_f944bc8c4a_b.jpg)
Beyond English: Multilingualism in Contemporary Europe [Call for papers]
The International Conference Beyond English: Multilingualism in Contemporary Europe [link no longer active] will be organised by Polonia University, Częstochowa (Poland). As hinted by the conference title: The conference focuses on multilingualism in contemporary Europe and the role of English as the global language. However, its aim is to show that, even though English is the world…
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![43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest [Call for papers]](https://achilleaskostoulas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2011-06-08-13-24-55.jpg)
43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest [Call for papers]
43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO XLIII) will be held on 18th – 20th September 2014 in San Diego, California. The theme for this year’s conference is “Heritage Languages (of the Southwest) in the era of e–learning”. Call for papers…
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Critical Perspectives on Neoliberalism in Language Education [Call for papers]
The 2014 Special Issue of L2 journal, guest-edited by Katie Bernstein, Emily Hellmich, Noah Katznelson, Jaran Shin, Kimberly Vinall, will focus on Critical Perspectives on Neoliberalism in Language Education. The editors note that: This special issue seeks to build on previous work related to globalization, language standardization, multilingual subjectivities, and linguistic imperialism, amongst other related topics. By…