<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: AILA Research Network on Language Policy <<a href="mailto:lpren@googlegroups.com">lpren@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><br>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">AILA 2008<span> </span>European theme seminars</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">My attention has been drawn to the European theme seminars, five of which deal with language policy. </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Monday : <b><span lang="EN-GB">Language dynamics and management of diversity: a European research project</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><span lang="FR">Organiser Berthoud, Anne-Claude / Grin, François / Lüdi, Georges</span><span lang="EN-GB"> Lausanne</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">University / Swiss Academy of Social Sciences</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Switzerland, University of Geneva</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Switzerland, University of Basel </span><span lang="DE">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> Switzerland</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span>In the context of the emergence of a knowledge-based society, the project DYLAN will seek to identify the conditions under which Europe's linguistic diversity can be an asset rather than a drawback. Its goal is to investigate how different modes of thought, argumentation and action, which are themselves linked to different languages, partake in the development and transmission of knowledge, and what role they play in the control of interactions, problem solving and decision making </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Monday August 25 <span lang="EN-GB">Cenoz, Jasone / Gorter, Durk</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><a href="http://www.aila2008.org/multilingualism-and-minority-languages-achievements-and-challenges-in-education.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">Multilingualism and minority languages: Achievements and challenges in education</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> This symposium focuses on European minority languages which are 'unique' languages in one state (Irish, Welsh, Frisian) or spread over more than one state (Basque, Catalan). It will look at the results of research studies on language and academic outcomes and attitudes It will also examine the challenges of teaching through a minority language in a changing world.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>Contributors to Symposium: <b><span lang="EN-GB">Cenoz, Jasone</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <i><span lang="EN-GB">Achievement and challenges in bilingual and multilingual education in the Basque Country (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">U of the Basque Country</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Spain) </span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Harris, John</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <i><span lang="EN-GB">The declining role of primary schools in language maintenance and language revitalisation in Ireland (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Trinity College Dublin</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Ireland)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Lewis, Gwyn</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <i><span lang="EN-GB">Current challenges in bilingual education in Wales (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Bangor</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">UK)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Vilai Moreno, F. Xavier</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <i><span lang="EN-GB">Language-in-education policies in the Catalan language area: Models, results and challenges (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">U of Barcelona</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Spain) </span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b>Meer, Cor van der</b> · <i>Frisian language education in a European perspective (</i>Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden · Netherlands) </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Tuesday: <span lang="EN-GB">Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><a href="http://www.aila2008.org/language-education-reforms-at-the-margins-of-europe-policies-practices-challenges.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">Language education reforms at the margins of Europe: Policies, practices, challenges</span></a>: This symposium concerns itself with changing language in education policies for the provision of (multilingual) education in a selection of Central and Eastern European countries. Contributors to Symposium: <span> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Ciscel, Matthew H.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b>·</b> <i><span lang="EN-GB">Reform and relapse of bilingual policy in Moldova (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Central Connecticut State U</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">USA)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b>Polese, Abel</b> ·<i>You are the language you speak! Effects of language politics in Ukraine after 1991 (</i><span lang="EN-GB">Hannah Arendt Institute, Dresden</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Germany) </span><b>Iliycheva, Maria</b> <i>·</i> <i>Education and the Turkish community in Bulgaria after 1989: Negotiated formal balance (</i>Polish Academy of Sciences · Poland) <b><span lang="EN-GB">Priedite,</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Aija</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <i><span lang="EN-GB">Pedagogic problems and challenges in Latvia's changing education Environment (</span></i>National Agency for Latvian Language Training, Riga · Latvia) <span> </span><b>Bulajeva, Tatjana / Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle</b>· <i>Language and education orientations in Lithuania post-EU accession (</i>U of Vilnius ·Lithuania, U of Bristol · UK) </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Tuesday: T<b><span lang="EN-GB">he common European framework for languages: Language policy, language testing, and SLA </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Organiser Hulstijn, Jan / Franceschina, Florencia / Alderson, Charles / Huhta, Ari U of Amsterdam</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>· <span lang="EN-GB">Netherlands, Lancaster U</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>·<span lang="EN-GB">UK, Lancaster U</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>·<span lang="EN-GB">UK,</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>U of Jyväskylä ·Finland <span> </span><span lang="EN">The symposium consists of three debates devoted to the following topics: (1)</span><span lang="EN"> </span>The CEFR and language learning and teaching in Europe (debaters: Waldemar Martyniuk, Jagiellonian University, Kraków; and Sauli Takala, University of Jyväskylä), (2) The CEFR and language testing in Europe (debaters: Charles Alderson, Lancaster University; and John de Jong, Pearson Education), and (3) The CEFR and theory and research on second language acquisition (debaters: Florence Myles, University of Newcastle; and <span lang="EN-GB">Florencia Franceschina, Lancaster University)</span>. Symposium attendees are invited to send in questions before the symposium to <a href="mailto:hulstijn@uva.nl" target="_blank">hulstijn@uva.nl</a>. </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Thursday<span> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Multilingualism in EU Institutions </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Organiser Ammon, Ulrich U of Duisburg-Essen · Germany<span> </span>The EU treasures multilingualism as one of its core values, but can multilingualism also be maintained in its very institutions? The symposium would focus on the legitimacy and practicality of potential solutions to the problem. It </span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">is inspired by and related to the comprehensive research project DYLAN.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span>Contributors to Symposium: <b><span lang="NL">Els, Theo J.M. van</span></b><span lang="NL"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·<i>EU institutional language use: How principled should one be? (</i></span><span lang="NL">Radboud U Nijmegen</span><span lang="NL"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="NL">Netherlands)</span><span lang="NL"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Swaan, Abram de</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·<i>The EU language constellation after the enlargement (</i>U of Amsterdam</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Netherlands)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Gazzola, Michele</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·<i>Towards efficiency and fairness indicators for the evaluation of language regimes in the EU (</i>U of Geneva</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·Switzerland)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Ginsburgh, Victor A.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·<i>On the political implementability of a linguistic reform in the EU (</i>Free U of Brussels</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Belgium)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Haarmann, Harald</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·<i>EU institutional multilingualism on trial—Reflections on core values from Northern countries (</i>U of Helsinki</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Finland)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Carli, Augusto / Favilla, M. Elena / Chiara Felloni, Maria</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">Communicative practices in the European Food Safety Authority (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">U of Modena e Reggio Emilia</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Italy)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><b>Schlossmacher, Michael</b> <span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i>Zur Zukunft der Sprachenregelung in den Organen der EU (</i>U of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) <span> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Wright, Sue</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">Language networks in the European Parliament: The rise of English (</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">U of Portsmouth</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">·</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">UK)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
</div>-- <br>**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of<br>
the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a <br>message are encouraged to post a rebuttal. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br>*******************************************