[Edling] Online Event | English in a Multilingual World | 23 April 2021

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The UMBC Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Program

Presents

a Virtual Session in Recognition of

English Language Day


*English in a Multilingual World*


  A conversation with Constant Leung and Francis Hult



Friday, April 23

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Online - Eastern US Time



How can the power of English be balanced with respect for linguistic
diversity? In this session, Constant Leung and Francis Hult discuss the
state of English in the world today and the social responsibility of
English language educators who teach multilingual student populations.



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Free Registration by e-mail to TESOL at umbc.edu


English Language Day
<https://www.un.org/en/observances/english-language-day> is recognized by
the United Nations each year on April 23rd.  UN language days aim to raise
awareness about global multilingualism and cultural diversity.


*Constant Leung* is Professor of Educational Linguistics at King’s College
London <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-constant-leung>. His
research interests include academic literacies, additional/second language
teaching and assessment, language education policy, and teacher
professional development. He is Co-Editor of *Language Assessment Quarterly*
<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hlaq20/current>, Editor of Research Issues
of *TESOL Quarterly* <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15457249>,
and serves as a member of the Editorial Boards of *Australian Review of
Applied Linguistics*, *Language and Education*, and the *Modern Language
Journal*. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). His work
in developing the English as an Additional Language Assessment Framework
for Schools (funded by the Bell Foundation) won the 2018 British Council ELTons
international award for innovation
<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-professor-wins-british-council-award-2>.


*Francis M. Hult *is Professor and Director of the TESOL program at UMBC.
His work at the crossroads of sociolinguistics, discourse studies, and
education focuses on language policy, linguistic landscapes, and
multilingual education. He serves on the boards of several journals
including *International Multilingual Research Journal*; *Language, Culture
and Curriculum*; *Language Policy*; and *Pedagogical Linguistics*. His
books include *Educational Linguistics in Practice*
<https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781847693525> (with
King) and *Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning*
<https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319759623> (with Siiner and Kupisch).
He is editor of the Educational Linguistics
<https://www.springer.com/series/5894> book series for Springer, and
together with Ofelia García he edits the Contributions to the Sociology of
Language <https://www.degruyter.com/serial/CSL-B/html> book series for De
Gruyter.

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UMBC offers a postbaccalaureate certificate and master's degree in Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages <https://tesol.umbc.edu/> online, on
campus, or a flexible combination of both modalities as well as an
interdisciplinary PhD program in Language, Literacy, and Culture
<https://llc.umbc.edu/>.
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