Programme announcement: Residence Abroad, Social Networks and Second Language Learning

[Mcmanus K.]

Residence Abroad, Social Networks and Second Language Learning


10th - 12th April, 2013
Centre for Applied Language Research, University of Southampton, UK


Conference website: http://langsnap.soton.ac.uk/conference-2


in collaboration with:
University Council for Modern Languages
AILA Research Network on "Study Abroad and Language Acquisition"
Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies



Keynote Speakers:
Jim Coleman, Open University, UK
'Social Circles during Residence Abroad: What Students Do, and Who With'

Celeste Kinginger, Pennsylvania State University, USA
'Language Socialization in the Home Stay: American High School Students in China'

Ulrich Teichler, University of Kassel, Germany
'The Impact of Temporary Study Abroad'

Pre-conference workshops and programme

We are pleased to announce that the conference programme is now available to download: http://langsnap.soton.ac.uk/conference-2/programme/

Details of the pre-conference workshops can be found here: http://langsnap.soton.ac.uk/conference-2/pre-conference-workshop-2/


Conference theme

Study/ residence abroad is a major and growing feature of higher education today, with an estimated 3.7million students participating annually. The European Union has set a target of 20 per cent of students undertaking some form of study/residence abroad, and some countries are already surpassing this level.

Study/ residence abroad can be a life-changing experience for participants, leading to academic, cultural, intercultural, linguistic, personal and professional gains (BA-UCML, 2012). At the same time, in the UK some student groups remain reluctant to participate, and those who do participate benefit from the experience to varying degrees. The design of programmes and support systems for students abroad can significantly affect their experience and the benefit they derive from it.

This conference arises from "LANGSNAP", a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (research award number: RES-062-23-2996) , based at the University of Southampton from 2011-13, which has tracked a cohort of Anglophone students during residence abroad in France, Spain and Mexico, and studied their social integration and its consequences for their linguistic development in varying settings. The conference is intended for researchers on language learning/ multilingualism, program administrators, and educational professionals interested in residence/study abroad and interactions between social processes and language development. One major strand of the conference will focus on language learning during residence abroad, and will include presentation of LANGSNAP project results alongside other research presentations. A second strand will focus on issues to do with the design and effective management of residence abroad programmes. The conference will be preceded by a business meeting of the AILA Research Network "Study Abroad and Language Acquisition".


Registration
Delegates can register for the conference here: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/6649/register


Organising Committee:

Dr Jaine Beswick (University of Southampton)
Dr Patricia Grounds (Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí, Mexico)
Dr Martin Howard (AILA REN/University College Cork, Ireland)
Dr Cristobal Lozano (University of Granada, Spain)
Dr Kevin McManus (University of Southampton, UK)
Prof Rosamond Mitchell (University of Southampton, UK)
Dr Carmen Pérez Vidal (AILA REN/ Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Ms Laurence Richard (University of Southampton, UK)
Dr Patricia Romero (University of Southampton, UK)
Dr Nicole Tracy-Ventura (University of Southampton, UK)
Dr Henry Tyne (University of Perpignan, France)


All enquiries should be addressed to: langsnap at soton.ac.uk<mailto:langsnap at soton.ac.uk>


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Dr Kevin McManus
Research Fellow in French Applied Linguistics
Modern Languages
University of Southampton

tel: +44 (0) 23 8059 3970
http://www.soton.ac.uk/ml/about/staff/km2m10.page


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