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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>The 12^th International
Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB12) will take place at the University of Alberta,
Canada, 23-28 June, 2019.</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The conference theme is “Bilingualism and
The Next Generation,” <span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">which
highlights the importance of the next generation in language development, maintenance
and survival on the one hand, and the importance of the next generation of
scholars in moving the field forward on the other. </span>Papers that fit within that theme in some way are particularly eagerly
solicited. However, ISB12 invites papers in <i>all</i>
areas of research in bilingualism and multilingualism (whether linked to the
conference theme or not), including but not limited to: linguistics,
sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, applied linguistics, neuropsychology,
first and second and third language acquisition, clinical linguistics, language
and education, language socialization, and multilingual societies.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Keynote
speakers include: </span><span style="color:black"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Richard Clément</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Erika Hoff </span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Marco Jacquemet </span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Enric Llurda </span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Roy Lyster </span></span></p>

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Yip</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">- Virginia Zavala<br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Invited theme sessions include:</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Bilingualism in the context of World Englishes
(organizer: Suzanne Hilgendorf)</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- First language learning and the brain
(organizer: Thierry Nazzi)</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Heritage language learning in children
(organizer: Silvina Montrul) </span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- </span></span><span style="color:black">Advances in Immersion Teacher Education Research</span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (organizer: Diane J. Tedick) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

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Indigenous language revitalization (organizer: Jorge Lemus)</span><span style="color:black"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Language and thought (organizer: Bene
Benedetti)</span></span></p>

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disorders in bilingual children (organizer: Sharon Armon-Lotem)</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">There will
also be a Journée CSJ at the Campus Saint-Jean, the French-language campus of
the University of Alberta, featuring an invited theme sessions on French
immersion (organizer: Laurent Cammarata)</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u>Proposals</u></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Abstracts are
solicited for three categories of proposals: individual papers, posters, and
theme sessions.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• <b>Individual papers</b>: <a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1">Papers are formal presentations on original
research or original pedagogy-focused topics</a> by one or more authors,
lasting a total of eighteen minutes with five additional minutes for
discussion. Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words in length.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• <b>Posters</b>: Poster sessions are for displaying original research or
pedagogy that offers the opportunity for individualized, informal discussion
with others in the field. <a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3">Posters are especially effective for presenting
work-in-progress, fieldwork, and results of empirical research for which data
can be presented visually.</a> Posters will be available throughout an
entire day of the conference with presenters in attendance for a 90-minute
poster session. <a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5">Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words in
length.</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• <b>Theme sessions</b>: <a name="OLE_LINK8"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7">Theme sessions allow for extended, interactive discussion
on a specific topic, focusing on a cluster of independent papers. Each
submission should include either three presentations and a discussant or four
presentations, for a total of four “slots”. Submissions must include an
abstract for the panel (of a maximum of 500 words in length), as well as for
each of the constituent papers (of a maximum of 300 words in length).</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Abstracts may be
submitted in either English or French, and presentations may also be given in
either language. Apart from this, the main working language of ISB12 will be
English (we plan to offer interpretation to and from American Sign Language, if
requested).</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The deadline for the
submission of abstracts will be <u>15 October, 2018</u> at 23:59 North American
Mountain time. Notification of acceptance can be expected by 15 January, 2019.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">--<br><b>Dr. Martin Guardado</b><br>Professor and Director<br>English Language School<br>Faculty of Extension<br>University of Alberta<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/207931" target="_blank">New book: </a></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/207931" target="_blank">"Discourse, Ideology and Heritage Language Socialization"</a></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Ph (780) 492 - 5063</font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Web site: </span><a href="http://uab.ca/ELS" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">uab.ca/ELS</a></div><div><div><div>Follow us on social media!<br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UAlbertaELS/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/uc?id=0B3IsSp4k87QkcjFyQ3lfb3FZbVk&export=download"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlbertaELS" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/uc?id=0B3IsSp4k87QkS3B3SjZDSXFQZTg&export=download"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ualbertaels/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/uc?id=0B3IsSp4k87QkeGtFQm1neXZGS2M&export=download"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>