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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">You are cordially invited to the
<b>Language Education and Multilingualism Conference </b>at the University of Hamburg,<b>
</b>10-11 February, 2017 <b></b></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dear colleagues,
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">This conference will be a special one: the 12 projects from the federally funded “Language Education and Multilingualism” research cluster will
present their (interim) results and findings. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Presentations will take place in parallel sessions as well as a poster exhibit.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">You can find an overview of the research cluster
<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.kombi-hamburg.de/index.html?lang=en">
<span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The conference will conclude with a panel discussion on the significance of the presented results for research on multilingualism, for educational
practice, and for the career prospects of bi- and multilingual teenagers. </span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Panelists will include representatives from the research cluster itself, educational policy and practice, and the world of employment. They will
also discuss future challenges and research perspectives. The discussion will be moderated by Martin Spiewak from
<i>Die Zeit </i>newspaper. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">We are also pleased to announce that keynote lectures will be delivered by Professor Nancy Hornberger (University of Pennsylvania) and Professor
Paul Leseman (University of Utrecht). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Professor Hornberger will present “Researching the continua of biliteracy”. The topic of Professor
Leseman’s lecture will be “Supporting multilingual development in (pre)schools for an inclusive society”.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Please find attached to this email the preliminary conference programme.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To register for the conference, please click
</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://mms.uni-hamburg.de/blogs/anmeldung/sbm2017/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue;">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.
Please register by 15 January, 2017. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Should you have any questions concerning the conference please contact the Coordination Office for Multilingualism and Language Education by email:
</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:kombi@uni-hamburg.de"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">kombi@uni-hamburg.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">,
or by telephone: </span></p>
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Antje Hansen: +49 40 42838 4398</span></p>
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sarah McMonagle: +49 40 42838 2943
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