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<P><FONT size=2>International Fall School Multilingualism<BR><BR>Date: 26-Sep-2011 - 01-Oct-2011<BR>Location: Hamburg, Germany<BR>Contact: Monika Schulz<BR>Contact Email: < click here to access email ><BR>Meeting URL: <A href="http://www.lima.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/de/graduierten-training/fall-school">http://www.lima.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/de/graduierten-training/fall-school</A><BR><BR>Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics<BR><BR>Subject Language(s): English<BR><BR>Meeting Description:<BR><BR>International Fall School Multilingualism: European and Asian Perspectives<BR><BR>The world in which we live is increasingly multilingual.<BR>Multilingualism in today’s modern societies requires new expertise,<BR>skills and leadership to understand and meet the challenges of<BR>linguistic and cultural diversity.<BR><BR>The forces of post-colonial settings, globalization and increasing<BR>levels of migration and mobility have created distinct multilingual<BR>realities in European and Asian contexts. This fall school will tackle<BR>multilingualism in an interdisciplinary fashion and compare and<BR>contrast different and complementary dimensions of multilingualism in<BR>Europe and Asia.<BR><BR>If you are interested in viewing language from cross-disciplinary<BR>perspectives and within a global context, this fall school is what you<BR>are looking for.<BR><BR>Program:<BR><BR>Prof. Dr. Francesco Cavallaro: 'Singapore: Multilingual Society,<BR>Bilingual Individuals?'<BR><BR>Prof. Dr. Ng Bee Chin: 'Assessing Children in Multilingual Contexts'<BR><BR>Prof. Dr. Nicole Baumgarten: 'Non-native English and English as a<BR>Lingua Franca in the European context'<BR><BR>Prof. Dr. Bao Zhiming: 'Usage, Structure and New English'<BR><BR>Workshop: 'Linguistic Diversity and its Management in the Asian Context'<BR><BR>Registration:<BR><BR>June 13th 2011 - July 31st 2011<BR><BR><A href="http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2461.html">http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2461.html</A><BR><BR></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>