AILA Europe and the Dutch Society for Applied Linguistics (Anéla) are organizing the 12th AILA-Europe Junior Researchers' Meeting in Applied Linguistics in Groningen, August 12, 2020.
The 12th Junior Researchers' Meeting (JRM) will be part of the AILA World Congress, which takes place 9-14 August, in Groningen, the Netherlands. The JRM will be held in the form of a two-slot-symposium. In this symposium, we would like for junior researchers to present their papers on any topic within applied linguistics, but preferably on the conference theme "The dynamics of language, communication, and culture in a changing world."
Presenters will be asked about the kind of feedback or help they need, and the organizers will invite designated senior researchers as commentators to foster questions and discussion.
The aim of JRMs is to promote young researchers in applied linguistics from all over Europe by providing a platform in which they can present and discuss their research findings, ongoing studies, and projects in an interactive and informal international environment. Junior Researchers include those working on their Master’s and PhD theses, as well as those who have graduated within the last three years.
Abstract Submission
Please submit an abstract of maximum 300 words, with a maximum 50-word summary, directly to the AILA 2020 website by November 30, 2019 (extended deadline for junior researchers)
https://www.aila2020.nl/call-for-papers (Symposium Number: S008)
We will accept contributions for standard multimodal presentations (15-20 minutes).
Registration Fee
Junior Researchers' Meeting: Euro 185 AILA Conference and Junior Researchers' Meeting: Euro 350
The fee covers refreshments during coffee breaks and lunch.
Theme: "Challenges and Opportunities in Applied Linguistics"
September 3–5, 2020
Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/baal2020
BAAL 2020 will be held at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Our theme, ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Applied Linguistics’, aims to open up space for discussion of the future of our discipline and its contribution to the world around us. In what are perhaps both turbulent and challenging, but also thought-provoking and motivating, times we hope the conference theme will encourage proposals from across the field, and that conference papers, discussions and networking will enable cross-disciplinary connections to form. The interests of our local organising committee itself, for example, range from language teaching and learning to forensic linguistics, from language policy to teacher development, and from cognitive linguistics to language and migration; and we hope that BAAL 2020 deals with challenges and debates in these areas and many more.
The BAAL 2020 Conference is hosted by English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Humanities of Northumbria University, located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. A city of character, charm and culture, Newcastle brings together industrial heritage, iconic river bridges, and a love of football alongside classical Georgian architecture, a world famous cultural and nightlife, and strong sense of local identity. Located only 9 miles from the sea (a 20 minute journey on the local Metro railway), and an hour from Scotland and the Lake District, Newcastle is easily accessible by rail, road and air from within the UK and beyond; Newcastle airport is just 25 minutes from the city centre by public transport.
Plenary speakers:
David Block - ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra Zhu Hua – Birkbeck, University of London Constant Leung – King’s College London
Emma Marsden – University of York (Pit Corder lecture)
BAAL EC Invited colloquia:
To be confirmed
Conference OrganiserS:
Alex Ho-Cheong Leung, Billy Clark, Graham Hall, Nicci MacLeod, Rola Naeb, James Street, Department of Humanities, Northumbria University, UK
Abstracts are welcome in any area of Applied Linguistics. Papers should offer something new, innovative and of interest to a BAAL audience and paper reporting on research should clearly outline objectives, method(s), and results where appropriate. Abstracts which address the conference theme will be particularly welcome.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 31 March 2020
Maximum abstract length: 300 words
To submit your abstract please use Oxford Abstracts: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/1649/submissions/new
If you have not used this system before please register first. All submissions must be submitted on-line, if you have any queries please contact:
Abstract type:
Indicate the type of abstract that you are submitting during the submission process: individual presentation for parallel sessions or a SIG track, poster, or colloquium.
Individual presentation for the parallel sessions
Individual papers have 25 minutes: 20 for the presentation, 5 for questions.
Individual presentation for a Special Interest Group (SIG) track
BAAL has fifteen Special Interest Groups. They are: (1) Corpus Linguistics; (2) Health and Science Communication; (3) Intercultural Communication; (4) Language, Gender and Sexuality; (5) Language and New media; (6) Language in Africa; (7) Language Learning and Teaching; (8) Language Policy; (9) Linguistic Ethnography; (10) Linguistics and Knowledge about Language in Education; (11) Professional, Academic and Work-based Literacies (PAWBL); (12) Testing, Evaluation and Assessment; (13) Vocabulary Studies; (14) Multlingualism; (15) English as an Additional Language. Each SIG has a ‘track’ of papers at the annual BAAL conference.
If you believe your paper is of interest to a SIG track, you may want to submit it to one of the SIG tracks (all individuals, whether or not officially SIG members, are eligible). The SIG may then wish to include your paper in their track at the annual meeting (i.e., this conference). Submitting your abstract to a SIG track may or may not lead to your paper being included in a SIG track and has no impact on abstract acceptance to the overall conference.
Proposed colloquium
We invite colloquia on particular themes which have relevance to the conference. Colloquia last half a day and consist of a minimum of four papers. Colloquia proposers should plan their half day in four slots, aligned with a schedule of four individual papers. If they wish to include a larger number of papers, they may fit two papers into what would normally be a single presentation slot. Colloquia papers should cohere. The order of the papers should not be changed after acceptance. An abstract for the colloquium introduction is required along with abstracts for each paper within the colloquium (300 words per abstract).
Poster
We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts for posters. We aim to raise the profile of posters at our conference since we value them as equal to other forms of presentation, and we believe that they tend to receive more feedback than individual papers. All posters will be listed in the book of abstracts, and there will be a dedicated area and time slot for discussion of poster presentations. There will also be a £50 prize for best poster displayed at the conference.
scholarships
During the abstract submission process, you will be asked to indicate whether you want to apply for a scholarship. If so, we will send the scholarship application forms to you by email. Each candidate will also be required to provide two full references plus a list of other conferences they have attended and any other grants/scholarships that they have received for their studies.
BAAL offers 4 conference scholarships (for students or early career researchers, with the latter defined as being within 2 years of PhD completion). Monies from a ring-fenced fund, contributed by donors, will pay for the additional ‘Chris Brumfit scholarship’ of up to £1,000, which is usually targeted at delegates from outside Britain who would not otherwise have funds to do so to attend the BAAL Annual Meeting.
The scholarships will help towards the cost of the conference fee, onsite accommodation for the duration of the conference (where accommodation is graded, the fund will only cover the cost of the cheapest option) and within UK travel (for student/ ECR scholarship), subject to fair use (e.g. no first class travels/ taxi journeys).
If you intend to apply for the scholarship, please download the relevant form from the conference website and send it to with the relevant subject title as laid out on the form.
All presenters MUST be BAAL members by the time they register for the conference.
The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is pleased to announce the 24th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics to be held on 27–29 March 2020. We are delighted to welcome as invited speakers the following scholars:
Ghada Khattab
Enric Llurda
David Marsh
Kiki Nikiforidou
Ianthi Maria Tsimpli
Abstracts are invited for talks on any aspect of theoretical and applied linguistics.
Important dates
Deadline for submissions: extended to November 17, 2019.
Notification of acceptance/rejection: December 15, 2019.
Speakers’ subscription deadline: January 31, 2020.
For more information visit http://www.new.enl.auth.gr/istal24/
For enquiries, please contact
Conference Theme: Engaging in Change: New Perspectives of Teaching and Learning
Zayed University Convention Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
March 5–7, 2020
https://allt-uae.zu.ac.ae/
The Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference and Exhibition (ALLT 2020) will be held from March 5th to 7th 2020 at Zayed University Convention Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, under the theme:
Engaging in Change: New Perspectives of Teaching and Learning
The Conference aims to enhance the professional and knowledge levels of the teachers and applied linguists through achieving the following objectives:
Exchange knowledge and experiences and discuss mechanisms of elevating the performance level of both fields specialists.
Inform the participants of the latest international publications in the fields of teaching and applied linguistics.
Present latest modern technologies and leading practices of the fields of English teaching and Applied Linguistics.
Highlight the importance of scientific research conducted by the applied linguists and enhance the overall performance of English teachers
Promote the culture of innovation and leadership in both fields.
Recruit qualified personnel to work at educational institutions.
The conference organizers invite you to submit a proposal which addresses the theme of the conference.
The biennial Asia-Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference is now entering the fifth round with Seoul 2020, following upon the successes of Auckland 2012, Hong Kong 2014, Beijing 2016, and Takamatsu 2018. APCLC 2020 will be a gathering of academics and practitioners in corpus linguistics from the Asia Pacific area, where we talk about developments in the use of corpora in discourse analysis, lexical & grammatical studies, language acquisition, learning & education, lexicography, pragmatics & sociolinguistics, (machine) translation studies, and (digital) literary studies. We hope APCLC 2020 to be a forum for exchange in ideas and expertise, where we lay the foundations for future developments in the application of corpus resources in Asia and the Pacific. To this effect, we will highlight three specific areas for future development: new methods in textual data analyses; possible collaboration between academia and industry; and national corpora in Asia. Please join us in Seoul, APCLC 2020.
Important Dates
July 31, 2019: Deadline for abstracts
September 13, 2019: Notification of acceptance
September 16, 2019: Early-bird registration opens
January 10, 2020: Early-bird registration closes
February 10, 2020: Pre-conference workshops
February 11-14, 2020: Main conference (February 14, 2020: National Corpus Day)
February 15, 2020: Excursion
List of Topics
Corpora & Discourse Analysis
Corpora & Lexical Studies
Corpora & Grammatical Studies
Corpora & Language Acquisition, Learning & Education
Corpora & Lexicography
Corpora & Pragmatics
Corpora & Sociolinguistics
Corpora & (Machine) Translation Studies
Corpora & (Digital) Literary Studies.
Corpora & Computational Linguistics
Speech Corpora & Phonetics
Plenary Speakers
Sylviane Granger (Université Catholique de Louvain – UCLouvain, Belgium)
David Hoover (New York University, USA)
Mark Davies (Brigham Young University, USA)
Vaclav Brezina (Lancaster University, UK)
Hong Won Suh (Yonsei University, Korea)
Keynote Speakers
Michael Barlow (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Mark Brenchley (Cambridge Assessment, UK)
Winnie Cheng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Jae-Woong Choe (Korea University, Korea)
Jong-Bok Kim (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
Heokseung Kwon (Seoul National University, Korea)
Vikram Ramanarayanan (Educational Testing Services, USA)
Seok-Chae Rhee (Yonsei University, Korea)
Ute Römer (Georgia State University, USA)
Naixing Wei (Beihang University, China)
Venue
The conference will be held at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (http://apclc2020seoul.kr/?page_id=51)
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
Hosted by
• Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Association (APCLA)
• Korean Association for Corpus Linguistics (KACL)
Organized by
• BK21Plus Project, Department of English Language and Literature, Yonsei University
• Institute of Language and Information Studies (ILIS), Yonsei University.
Submission
Abstracts must be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apclc2020)
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Following the success of the CALA 2019, The Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019, in Cambodia, we announce The CALA 2020, February 5-8, 2020, at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Purpose and Structure
The CALA 2020 invites Linguists, Anthropologists, Linguistic and Cultural Anthropologists, Culturologists, Sociologists, Political Scientists, and those in related fields pertinent to Asia.
Details
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 5-8, 2020
The first of several videos, by the Chair, Professor Hazlina Abdul Halim (Dean, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia), is at https://youtu.be/G_f0I3ZsVIM
Partners
Taylor and Francis Global Publishers (Official Partners)
Nanyang Technological University
100 academic institutions globally (University of Hawai'i, Temple University, University College London, SOAS, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Indian Institute of Anthropologists, and so forth).
Scientific Committee of over 100 academics globally prominent in Linguistic Anthropology and related fields
Publications
We advise that several Special Journal issues are planned, as well as a collection of Monographs, from papers submitted to the CALA, that meet the requirements of submission, review and acceptance. The papers selected will all be published with Top-Tier Ranking journals, and their Publishers. Here, ample assistance will be provided to revise manuscripts for publication.
Please note that the CALA represents a fully Non-Profit Organization, and all publishing is FREE. The CALA refuses to implement a pay to publish system, and will always endorse a meritocratic environment for academics, thus refusing to in any way adopt any system that requires the implementation of paid fees. Furthermore, the CALA will always source funding and grants from funding agents to assist those who need funding to access Linguistic Anthropology.
Abstract submissions
The Call for Abstracts is now open, at the below links, which contain all pertinent information. Please also find attached the Call for Papers for the CALA 2020. Submissions have until now been high, so the CFP deadline may change.
Anthropological Excursion
Sarawak, Malaysia
See website at http://cala2020.upm.edu.my for full CFP and all information.
For more information, please contact:
Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hazlina Abdul Halim Head Dept. of Foreign Languages Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication Universiti Putra Malaysia
The 2020 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) will be held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Nationally and internationally, the AAAL conference has a reputation as a comprehensive and stimulating conference. Conference participants can look forward to in-depth colloquia, paper, poster, and round-table sessions, as well as topical and thought-provoking plenary presentations, excellent book exhibits, and plentiful opportunities for networking.
Plenary Speaker and Invited Colloquia Information
We have created an exciting program for the 2020 conference, reflecting the wide range of research interests in applied linguistics. Check out the plenary speakers and invited colloquia below:
Plenary Speakers
Mileidis Gort,University of Colorado Boulder
"Biliterate writing development in early childhood: Insights from young Latinx bilingual children’s explorations of oral and written language"
Alison Mackey, Georgetown University
"Cognitive-Interactionist SLA: Findings, new methods, and the big picture"
Onowa McIver, University of Victoria
“Indigenous language revitalization and applied linguistics: Paralleled histories, shared futures? What can we learn from each other?"
Suhanthie Motha, University of Washington
"Is an antiracist and decolonizing applied linguistics possible? Connecting the past to the future"
Deb Roy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Local Voices Network: bringing under-heard community voices, perspectives andstories forward for healthier public dialogue"
Invited Colloquia
"Re-articulations of language, race, and place in transregional settler colonialism"
Organizer: Patricia Baquedano-López, University of California, Berkeley
"Neuroscience of second language acquisition: Opportunities and challenges"
Organizers: Hyeonjeong Jeong, Tohoku University and Ping Li, Pennsylvania State University
"Learning languages with specific learning difficulties in the 21stcentury: Perspectives of identification, assessment, achievement and teacher education"
Organizer: Judit Kormos, Lancaster University
"Advances in the study of semiotic repertoires: mobilities, modalities, spatialities"
Organizer: Annelies Kusters, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
"Reflect, revisit, reimagine: Conversations on 40 years of ARAL"
Organizers: Meg Malone, Georgetown University and Shondel Nero, New York University
"Braided histories – braided futures of Indigenous language reclamation work: Retelling ancestral stories – storying new Indigenous linguistic futures"
Organizers: Sheilah E. Nicholas, University of Arizona and Kari A.B. Chew, University of Victoria
"Degrees of difficulty to learn an additional language: the role of typological distinctions and linguistic distances between the languages involved"
Organizers: Job Schepens, Freie University; Frans van der Slik, Radboud University; and R. van Hout, Radboud University
"Construct validity in interpreter testing" (Joint Colloquium with ILTA)
Organizer: Dr. Helen Slatyer from the Translation and Interpretation Program at Macquarie University in Sydney
Strands
Proposals are welcome in the following topic strands:
Analysis of Discourse and Interaction (DIS)
Assessment and Evaluation (ASE)
Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, and Minority Education (BIH)
Corpus Linguistics (COR)
Educational Linguistics (EDU)
Language Cognition and Brain Research (COG)
Language and Ideology (LID)
Language and Technology (TEC)
Language Maintenance and Revitalization (LMR)
Language Planning and Policy (LPP)
Language, Culture, Socialization and Pragmatics (LCS)
Phonology/Phonetics and Oral Communication (POC)
Reading, Writing, and Literacy (RWL)
Research Methodology (REM)
Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy (PED)
Second Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, and Attrition (SLA)
Sociolinguistics (SOC)
Teacher Education, Beliefs, and Identities (TED)
Text Analysis (Written Discourse) (TXT)
Translation, Interpretation and Language Access (TRI)
Vocabulary and Lexical Studies (VOC)
New this year: You must select a primary strand for your submission. This is the strand in which your submission will very likely be reviewed and grouped. If applicable, please choose a secondary strand that also characterizes the submission. This will help conference organizers in preparing the conference program and in some instances, balancing size and coherence of strands. You must choose a primary strand; selection of a secondary strand is optional (but recommended).
Proposals
Proposals are invited for individual papers, colloquia, posters, and roundtable discussions. The deadline for proposal submission is 4:00 p.m. on July 17, 2019 (EDT; UTC-4). If you need to renew your membership or create a guest account, you should do so at least 3 hours before the submissions deadline to allow for changes to take place in the system. Requests relating to membership or guest accounts later than this may mean that you are unable to submit your abstract by the deadline.
Conference Theme: Re-thinking Paradigms and Approaches to Researching, Teaching and Learning English
Raffles Town Club, Singapore
The Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics (SAAL) and English Language & Literature (ELL) Academic Group of National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore are co-hosting the 20th English in Southeast Asia (ESEA) Conference in 2019. It will be held on 6 – 7 December 2019 at Raffles Town Club, Singapore. The theme for the upcoming ESEA conference is “Re-thinking Paradigms and Approaches to Researching, Teaching and Learning English”.
Please visit the conference website (https://eseanie20.wixsite.com/esea20) for more details including keynote speakers and important deadlines to observe.
Important Dates
Event
Date
Deadline for Abstract Submission
1st May 2019
Notification of Acceptance
1st July 2019
Early Bird Registration
1st July 2019 to 31st Aug 2019
Registration for Paper Presenters and Co-Presenters
By 31st Oct 2019
We look forward to celebrating with you 20 years of the ESEA conference in December 2019 in Singapore!
Thank you. Regards Prof Low Ee Ling & Dr Ruanni Tupas
OASIS is a publicly available database (oasis-database.org) of accessible summaries of research articles in the fields of language learning, language teaching, and multilingualism. OASIS summaries are a single page only and are written in non-technical language. Each summary provides information about what the study was about, why it is important, what the researcher(s) did, and what the study found. Our aim is to make research findings more accessible to language professionals outside of academia.
Why are accessible summaries necessary?
Language teachers report having limited direct contact with research and research findings despite generally having positive perceptions of research (Borg, 2009). In the UK, Marsden & Kasprowicz (2017) found that while foreign language educators do have some indirect exposure to research through professional organisations, they have very little direct contact with language learning and teaching research. Similarly, in a study with teachers in Canada and Turkey, Nassaji (2012) found that 48% percent of language teachers rarely or never read research articles, even though 79% strongly agreed that knowing about SLA research improves second language teaching.
The main reasons teachers give for having limited interaction with research even if they view it positively are 1) practical limitations – lack of time and access, and 2) conceptual constraints – academic papers can be difficult to read (see also Plavén-Sigray et al., 2017). OASIS therefore aims to make research into language learning, language teaching, and multilingualism both physically and conceptually available to a wide audience.
What does OASIS offer?
The database currently holds over 350 summaries on a wide variety of topics, including vocabulary learning, heritage languages, and the use of CALL to support classroom teaching, to name a few. The bulk of our summaries focus on recent material, but summaries of some classic papers suggested by journal editors, team members, and experts are available too.
Journal involvement and sustainability
14 journals were involved in establishing OASIS. Currently, a number of these are suggesting or encouraging authors of newly accepted papers to write an accessible summary of their work. Importantly, Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly, and the Modern Language Journal are requiring all authors of accepted papers to write an OASIS summary. The support of three of the top journals in language learning and teaching means that we have a steady stream of new summaries, up-to-date content for our users, and a sustainable, author and journal driven practice. We are in discussions with other journals to join the initiative.
Professional associations
We are also pleased to have the support of professional language teaching associations, such as the Association for Language Learning (ALL) in the UK and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in the US. In addition to helping us secure funding, these collaborations are enabling us to reach a wide audience, that is they help us to ensure OASIS summaries reach the users they are intended for.
Contributing OASIS summaries
The summaries currently available on our website have been elicited by participating journals or written by the OASIS team. However, anyone can send in OASIS summaries of their peer-reviewed articles published in SSCI indexed journals. If you have published work that is particularly relevant for teachers, teacher educators, parents, policy makers, or other interested parties outside of academia, please consider writing your own OASIS summary. OASIS guidelines and summary writing tips are available on our help page. We are always happy to answer any questions you may have. Contact us at .
Stay up to date
OASIS is running a monthly round up email of new summaries. You can sign up at https://tinyurl.com/oasisalerts. Or follow us on twitter @OASIS_Database to learn about new summaries the moment they go live.
The 3rd Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication will be held on 5-6 June 2020 at the School of Applied Linguistics of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur, Switzerland. This is the third and final conference being held as part of the project entitled “Proposal and implementation of a Swiss research centre for barrier-free communication” (2017-2020), the main goal of which is to ensure access to higher education for people with visual, hearing or temporary cognitive impairments. The project, which is a cooperation between the Institute of Translation and Interpreting of the ZHAW and the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva, is funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and is supported by the Swiss University Conference. The 1st Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication was held on 15-16 September 2017 in Winterthur, Switzerland. It aimed to offer both a theoretical and an empirical perspective on the state of the art in the field (cf. BfC 2017 Proceedings). One year later, the second edition of the conference, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 9-10 November 2018, further explored accessibility in educational settings (cf. BfC 2018 Proceedings).
Building on the 2017 and 2018 events, the 2020 conference sets out to provide a wider international forum to discuss most recent progress and future challenges in barrier-free communication. The conference will be centred on all aspects of the field, focusing in particular on novel research findings and emerging disciplines, such as interlingual live-subtitling, live-subtitling into easy-to-read language and text-to-sign interpreting by deaf interpreters.
We invite researchers, academics, practitioners and members of the target groups to submit proposals related (but not limited) to the following topics:
Audio Description and Audio Introduction
Easy-to-read and Plain Language
Live-subtitling via keyboard and Respeaking
Web Accessibility
Sign Language
Community Interpreting
2. Submission guidelines
We encourage submissions to the following tracks:
Research track Faculty members are invited to submit unpublished cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research work related to any of the areas listed in the call.
Student track Graduate students are invited to submit an extended abstract of their ongoing research in any aspect of the areas listed in the call. Experience reports of students with disabilities who are or were enrolled in a Higher Education programme are also welcome. Reports may address any of the topics listed in the call and must be authored or co-authored by one or more students with disabilities.
Professional track Service providers are invited to present state-of-the-art technology, innovative solutions and best practices in any of the areas listed in the call. Professionals offering support to students with special needs in Higher Education settings are also encouraged to share first-hand knowledge and direct experience in providing as much barrier-free or “low-barrier” access to education as possible.
Authors are encouraged to submit extended abstracts (1 to 3 pages, including references) of their proposed paper. Abstracts should be submitted in English. In addition, they should be formatted according to the BfC 2020 submission template (downloadable from both the Conference website and the EasyChair submission page) and submitted as PDF files via EasyChair. In order to be fully accessible, please note that abstracts should contain no footnotes.
Each submitted abstract will be reviewed by two experts in the field and will undergo a double-blind review process.
Submissions should be made via EasyChair by 31 January 2020, 11.59 pm, CET.
3. Presentations
Accepted papers can be presented either orally or as posters. The length of oral presentations can vary between 20 minutes (15 + 5 Q&A) and 30 minutes (20 + 10 Q&A). When submitting a proposal, authors will be asked to indicate their preferred presentation format, and whether they are willing to consider any of the alternative formats.
4. Accessibility
The conference will strive to be financially, physically and linguistically accessible, as well as mindful of environmental sustainability.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics (VALS-ASLA).
For more information, please visit the official Conference website.
The Foreign Languages Centre of the University of Ioannina organises the 4th Erasmus+ Staff Training Week on Corfu, 15-19 June 2020.
The Training Week is addressed to language teachers, academics, teacher trainers, school advisors/directors and students in the field of foreign language learning and teaching, as well as non-teaching staff involved in managing language courses, labs and centers.
For more information, please visit the following link: http://flc.unit.uoi.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=492&lang=en
Please submit your application form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMz9s8mg2-CS6Rsk4R8a6EIeIXt63YuAaRKMsZvnTXaol3sA/viewform Application deadline: 14/02/2020. DON'T MISS IT!!
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
September 10–12, 2020
The 12th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism will take place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, on September 10–12, 2020. For the first time, the conference will be preceded by a doctoral workshop on September 9, 2020.
We welcome original and previously unpublished papers on research in all areas of multilingualism and the acquisition or use of three or more languages. The language of the conference is predominantly English, but contributions in other languages will also be considered.
Keynote speakers
Danuta Gabryś-Barker, University of Silesia in Katowice Jason Rothman, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway Vesna Mildner, University of Zagreb
Types of presentations
We welcome abstracts in four categories: individual papers in parallel sessions, posters, thematic symposia, and doctoral student workshops.
Individual papers will be allotted 30 minutes: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference with alloted poster session time. Thematic symposia will focus on one specific topic and will bring together key contributions to the topic. They will take place in 2-hour slots (4 papers) parallel to the other sessions.
Doctoral Student Workshop
The doctoral student workshop is intended to serve as a platform for discussions of ongoing PhD research, and for obtaining feedback from senior researchers (discussants) and other scholars. Doctoral student papers will be assigned 30 minutes: 15 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes for the discussion. Doctoral students, whose proposals are accepted, are required to send their abstracts, presentation and specific questions to a discussant before the conference (deadline TBA). The doctoral workshop will take place on September 9, in the afternoon.
Abstract submission
All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by the scientific committee and evaluated in terms of the quality of content, clarity, contribution to the field and thematic relevance. Notifications of acceptance will be sent before 31 January 2020.
An individual may appear as first author only once on the programme, in addition to a possible role as thematic symposium organiser or co-author of another paper.
Abstracts for individual papers and posters should be sent in English or in the language of presentation, accompanied by an English translation. The abstracts (max 300 words, excluding title and references, in Times New Roman, 12 pt.) should be submitted no later than 19 November 2019 via EasyAbs (http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/iaml3conf2020).
The proposals for the themed symposia should include the following: name and affiliation of the convener(s) and other authors, e-mail address of the first convener/ author, title and goals of the symposium (100–150 words), titles and abstracts (max 300 words) for each of the constituent papers. The proposals should be sent to (subject line: IAM2020_symposia proposal) no later than 19 November 2019.
Abstracts for the doctoral student workshop (max 300 words, excluding title and references, in Times New Roman, 12 pt.) should be sent to subject line: IAM2020_doctoral workshop) no later than 19 November 2019.
We invite papers on third language acquisition and multilingualism in relation to:
acquisition of L3, L4, Ln
multiple language acquisition in multilingual contexts;
Theme: Conflict and Negotiation in American Culture(s)
March 7–8, 2020
Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece
Building upon the success of its 1st Young Scholar Symposium, the Hellenic Association for American Studies (HELAAS) offers another promising event focused on promoting communication and interconnections, as well as scholarly and professional development among young scholars interested in American Studies. The 2nd HELAAS Young Scholar Symposium seeks to bring together postgraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, as well as early career researchers and Americanists whose current research and/or art projects explore “Conflict and Negotiation,” as concepts and experiences, in various American, American-derived, or American- inflected cultural contexts.
Pertinently, it was the Greek thinker Heraclitus who first postulated that conflict maintains the world. Thenceforth, scholars and artists of disparate backgrounds have elaborated on the idea that conflict is generative of human culture. It is through historical conflicts and the attendant processes of negotiation to resolve, or at least make sense of them, that America in particular has evolved, since its inception, to become a cultural stage where world-shaking performances play out: performances of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, faith, among others. Realities of conflict and negotiation have assumed renewed urgency after the paradigm shift initiated by the 9/11 events and, more recently, with the several crises – financial, sovereign, ideological, humanitarian, environmental, and linguistic, among others – in which America has been directly or indirectly implicated. Given America’s pivotal role in international politics and sociocultural affairs within an increasingly globalized world, the said realities have the potential to and often do transform not only America’s/as’ internal workings, but also other cultures caught in its orbit. At the same time, they are productive of new spaces for study, research, and meaning-making within the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. It is these new spaces that the 2nd HELAAS Young Scholar Symposium seeks to address, with the hope to, in its turn, stimulate more generative conflicts and negotiations.
Therefore, the Symposium organizers invite contributions that critically engage with different facets and layers of “Conflicts and Negotiations in American Culture(s),” through multiple lenses of expertise, including those of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. We are particularly interested in proposals evincing an inter-/transdisciplinary and/or inter-/transmedial approach to any of the following issues – and beyond them:
Conflicts in American/American-inflected art, literature, and other media
American/American-inflected art, literature, and media as conflict and negotiation platforms
Conflict across modes of expression – the multimodality of conflict
The role of new media and technologies vis-a-vis conflict and negotiation
Conflicts and negotiations across various media
Conflictual co-existence and the negotiation of diversity in America
Conflicts among/across Americas – Latinx America, Asian America, African America, South America, etc.
Intersectional manifestations of conflict and negotiation
Past conflicts versus present negotiations
Past negotiations versus present conflicts
Persistent conflicts in American culture(s) and their effects
Current crises involving America as narratives of conflict and negotiation
New and emergent conflicts and negotiations
Negotiating urban, non-urban and post-urban conflicts
Environment-related conflicts and negotiations
Conflict on conflict: conflicting interpretations of conflict(s) in America
Conflict(s), resolution(s), and transformation(s) in American culture(s)
Conflicts and negotiations in the field of American Studies
Contributions may consist of individual or collaborative (15-minute) papers, (3- speaker) panels, roundtables, workshops, praxis sessions, provocations, lecture performances, or even actual performances and installations. After all, our primary aim is to demonstrate the plurality, diversity, and breadth of young scholar research and expression within the field of American Studies, besides offering a unique networking opportunity to early career scholars. With that in mind, we strongly encourage formats that transgress disciplinary boundaries and challenge distinctions between different areas of knowledge and experience. We are looking forward to welcoming contributors inclined to think out of/rethink the “academic box”; those whose work resides at the interface between art and science, epistemology, and practice, and/or offers bold readings of past and present conflicts and negotiations related to American culture(s).
In the same spirit, and in order to help young scholars navigate the world of academia, the programme of the Symposium will accommodate opportunities to discover more about practical aspects of scholarly and professional development, from thesis publication and conference tracking to syllabus construction and design. Participants will also be invited to submit full-text articles (5,000-7,000 words) for possible inclusion after being blind reviewed to a special issue of the interdisciplinary journal of the Hellenic Association for American Studies, Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media (e-ISSN: 2585-3538).
Please, send your proposal by January 15, 2020, to . Each proposal submission should include a 300-word abstract and a 100-word biographical note of the contributor(s).
For further information, please, direct your emails to Dr. Theodora Tsimpouki, President of HELAAS () or Dr. Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou, Young Scholar Representative ().
Organizing Committee:
Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou, Postdoctoral Researcher (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya at Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain
July 8–10, 2020
http://aelfetapp.upc.edu
The AELFE-TAPP 2020 Conference brings together the 19th Conference of AELFE (European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes) and the 2nd Conference of the TAPP (Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project), a virtual exchange network.
Contributions are welcome in the fields of LSP and virtual exchange.
Conference information and submissions: http://aelfetapp.upc.edu
Contact:
Multilingual Theories and Practices (MTP) is to be held at Dublin City University, Ireland from 23 to 24 April 2020.
Confirmed keynote speakers are: Nancy Hornberger (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Ulrike Jessner-Schmid (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Mila Schwartz (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
The conference website: https://mtpdublin.home.blog
Full press release by MLA (PDF): https://act.mla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/KWM-Press-Release-4-December.pdf
The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its thirty-fifth Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize to AILA Past President Claire Kramsch, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Lihua Zhang, of the University of California, Berkeley, for their book The Multilingual Instructor: What Foreign Language Teachers Say about Their Experience and Why It Matters, published by Oxford University Press. The prize is awarded for an outstanding work in the fields of language, culture, literacy, and literature with strong application to the teaching of languages other than English.
The First Virtual Conference Language, Communication and Education (LCE2020) will be held on January 15-17, 2020 (15-22h Central European Time). The topic of LCE2020 is “Linguistic Advances in the Digital Era”. This virtual conference will bring together experts from the global linguistic community to discuss the timely issue of how to approach linguistic traditions from the perspectives of innovation, automatisation, computerisation, and globalisation. Thus, LCE2020 will provide a forum for sharing insights, experiences and interaction on linguistic investigations and techniques as well as on educative, social, political and industrial aspects that share a linguistic basis or approach. The conference will comprise a peer reviewed programme of plenary sessions, papers, posters, workshops, and demonstrations. The virtual conference platform will allow junior and established researchers to present ongoing and completed research in a variety of formats including oral, written, written-oral, and blackboard. The LCE2020 Conference, therefore, will offer good opportunities for the researchers and delegates to gain insight into unpublished research, to exchange new ideas, to establish links, and, ultimately, to build global partnership for potential collaboration both in theoretical and applied linguistic fields.
Seven thematic strands have been distinguished (see conference strands and topics).
Strand 1: Language in the Digital Era
Strand 2: Language Diversity and Change
Strand 3: Language in Society
Strand 4: Language, Politics and Education
Strand 5: Language Sciences
Strand 6: Applications of Linguistics
Strand 7: Other linguistic fields
Original unpublished contributions are welcome, including papers, posters, workshops and demonstrations. Works may be presented in four formats: oral, written, slide-and-text and on-blackboard.
Abstracts, written in English or Spanish, must be uploaded as an MS Word document and must contain the author´s name, academic affiliation, and e-mail address, as well as a list of three to five keywords. The abstract must specify the review of previous literature, methodology, analysis and main conclusions of the work. Format specifications for abstracts include: 125-150 words, one paragraph, single-spaced, justification on both sides, Times New Roman font, 12 pt.
Abstract submission: deadlines on August 31, 2019; October 31, 2019; December 31, 2019.
Abstract submissions will be peer-reviewed. All contributions must render original unpublished scientific work including review, method, analysis, original conclusion and bibliographical references. A 150-word abstract (in English or Spanish) with 3-5 keywords is required for peer-review.
Abstracts may be submitted summarising four types of presentation: paper, poster, workshop (3-4 participants) and demonstrations of current projects or product developments.
Conference Theme: Bilingualism and Beyond: Advancing the Thinking on Pedagogies, Policies and Practices
Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI), University of Ottawa, Canada
April 30–May 2, 2020
https://ccerbal2020.sciencesconf.org
Plenary Sessions
Françoise Armand – Université de Montréal
James Cummins – University of Toronto
Onowa McIvor – University of Victoria
Eva Vetter – University of Vienna
Call for Proposals
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. The world has taken a multilingual turn: an increased awareness that monolingualism is an exception rather than a norm and unprecedented mass migrations have created impetus for continued pedagogical, assessment, policy, and technological innovations to reflect changing global realities. New calls for recognition and specific actions to support diversity, inclusion, equity, and citizenship related to languages have also come to the forefront of global thinking.
THE CANADIAN CONTEXT. In keeping with global trends, Canada has entered a new era in its thinking and actions regarding the role and impact of languages in its complex and diverse social fabric. Continuing to celebrate French-English bilingualism, the Government of Canada has recently launched consultations on modernizing the Official Languages Act and has announced an investment of over $16 million to implement a free learning and maintenance program for French and English. Strong voices for according a new place and offering higher recognition to Indigenous languages have triggered consultations and subsequent enactment of the Indigenous Languages Act (June 2019). Furthermore, close to 23% of Canadians report having a language other than English or French as a mother tongue (Statistics Canada, 2017).
THE CALL. Within this rich and stimulating global and local context, the Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL) is launching a call for its 2020 Conference. We welcome proposals for individual presentations, posters, symposia, round tables and workshops transcending boundaries and bringing thinking and action to the next level on topics related, but not limited, to the following:
Language teaching, learning, and assessment
Language and Technology
Language policy and family language policy
Flexible, experiential, community and informal language learning
Academic literacies, multiliteracies and multimodality
Languages of schooling, immersion studies, bi-/multilingual education, language intensive programs
The role of L1(s) or mother tongue(s) in second/additional language teaching
Inclusion, social justice and equity
Creation and intersection of third spaces and dialogue between spaces
Language and migration
Plurilingualism, multilingualism, translanguaging
Official languages, Heritage languages, Modern languages, Indigenous languages, Sign languages, Minority languages, ‘Big’ languages vs. ‘Small’ languages
Languages other than English (LOTE)
Important Dates:
Submissions open: August 1, 2019 Submissions close: December 1, 2019
Conference dates: April 30 – May 2, 2020
Conference Details:
Organized in collaboration with the EDiLiC International Association.
VENUE:
Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL), Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI), University of Ottawa.
FEATURED EVENTS:
Plenary sessions, round tables and thematic symposia, professional development workshops, social activities and more.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Nikolay Slavkov (University of Ottawa) and Marie-Paule Lory (University of Toronto Mississauga)
CONTACT:
For more information, please contact us at the following address:
