<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>
<h1>AILA 2008 Sessions</h1>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Language Policy is an important theme of the AILA 2008 Conference in Essen. Two symposia are sponsored by the Research Network, one on Wednesday morning and the second on Thursday afternoon. The finalized program details follow. <span> </span>The opening plenary is also relevant, and a number of papers and poster sessions are marked at LPOL (these are copied from the on-line program and need to be checked in the final program.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Please note that the business meeting of the Research Network, as which a new coordinator will be elected, will take place at the end of the Wednesday symposium.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>"Evolving African approaches to the management of linguistic diversity" </i></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span>B.<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></b><span dir="ltr"></span><b>Symposia sponsored by the Network</b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Wednesday 9:00-12:00</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">"Conflicts and compromises in studying language policy" In Essen CCE Ost (<i>Note that this symposium appears on the special program for Wednesday morning.)</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Organizers Bernard Spolsky and Elana Shohamy </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="COLOR: black">1. Kerry Taylor-Leech </span><span style="COLOR: black">Macquarie University, </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="COLOR: black">"An impartial observer or a passionate advocate? Challenges for language policy scholars in Timor-Leste"<span> </span></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black">2. Durk Gorter Fryske Akademy & Universiteit van Amsterdam "Taking sides on Frisian: academic, advisor and activist"<b> </b></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black">3. William G. Eggington </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="COLOR: black">Brigham Young University</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="COLOR: black"> </span><span lang="ES-UY" style="COLOR: black"><a href="mailto:wegg@byu.edu" target="_blank"></a><span> </span></span><span style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black">"Going public:<span> </span>Opposing language restrictionist policies in the U.S." </span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black">4. Gabrielle Hogan-Brun University of Bristol <span> </span>"The importance of context in language policy work" </span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black">5. Research Network business meeting.</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Thursday 16:00 to 19:00</i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">"Social responsibilities of linguists for language policy" In CCE Deutschland Sud (<i>This symposium appears on the regular symposium program)</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Organizers: Bernard Spolsky </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">1. Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. University of Queensland<span> </span>"Agency and social responsibility in language policy"<span> </span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">2. Kanavillil Rajagopalan State University at Campinas (UNICAMP) "Language policy debates and the role of the linguist—a Brazilian experience"</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">3. <span lang="DE">Alastair G.H. Walker</span><span lang="DE"> </span><span lang="DE">Universität Kiel</span><span lang="DE"> <span> </span></span>"Possibilities and limitations of working with a linguistic minority: North Frisia."<span lang="EN-AU"></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">4. Kathleen Heugh University of South Australia<span style="COLOR: black"> </span><span> </span>"Dilemmas of boundary and ethics in policy research" </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>In other symposia </b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Monday 9:00-12:00 in REN Africa</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Abdelhay, Ashraf Naivasha: Language Policy and the politics of linguistic indigenousness in Sudan:</p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span>C.<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span>Papers marked as LPOL</b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Monday 9-9:30</i></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">East, Martin Promoting multilingualism beyond Europe: Challenges and opportunities for New Zealand</p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Motobayashi, Kyoko: Kokugo, Nihongo, and Eigo: Japan between the symbolic West and the symbolic East</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Monday 9:40-10:10</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Brogden, Lace: <span> </span>Marie Bilingualism & subjectivity: Towards exogamous conceptions of (Canadian) citizenship</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Sarasola, Kepa; Aldezabal, Izaskun; <span> </span>Alegrίa, Iñaki; Arriola, Jose Maria; Diaz de Ilarraza, Arantza; Lersundi,Mikel: Language Technology is an effective tool to promote use of Basque</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Monday 10:30-11:00</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Kachiwanda, Stella Olivia: Current trends in language choice and use in present day Malawi: Challenges and opportunities</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Tuesday 9:10-9:40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Machado Maher, Terezinha: Searching for the lost language: language policy and the identity of indigenous<b>…</b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Martinez, Glenn: <span> </span>Also available in Spanish: Pharamceutical advertising and language planning for healthcare in the US</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Tuesday 10:10-10:40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Cabau-Lampa, Beatrice: The new Swedish language policy: A missed opportunity for second foreign language teaching?</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Uflacker, Cristina; Jung, NeivaMaria; Corrêa Ferreira, Luciane; Roquele Schoffen, Juliana: A reflection on the linguistic situation of the German-Brazilian communities</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Yamakawa, Tomoko: Non-English foreign language learning in Japan's upper secondary education</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Tuesday 10:50-11:20</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Petersen, Margrethe: Is ERASMUS furthering multilingualism? The case of non-language exchange students in Scandinavia</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Engelberg, Stefan: German language politics and language attitudes in the former German colonies in the South Pacific</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Lamb, Terry & Odé, Cecilia: Influencing policy: the role of language teaching associations in language policy development</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Tuesday 14:30-15:00</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Papakyriakou, Antroulla: European language policy and the case of Cyprus</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Thursday 9:10-9:40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Hussin, Habsah Binti: English in Higher Education in Malaysia: Policy for global needs</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Filipovic, Jelena; Djuric, Ljiljana; Vuco, Julijana: Plurilingual and pluricultural language education policies in a country in transition</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Flubacher, Mi-Cha; Studer, Patrick; <span> </span>Kreiselmaier, Felicia: Language policy and planning in politically different multilingual settings: Results & perspectives</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Thursday, 10:10-10:40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Lorente, Beatriz P. Migration and language policy: A view from a labor-sending country</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Liiv, Suliko: <span> </span>Encouraging multilingualism in new multicultural Europe</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Sayers, Dave: <span> </span>Standardising diversity: Paradoxes in the European Charter for Regional & Minority Languages (ECRML)</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Friday 8:30-9:00</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Ferguson, Gibson: The role of English as an international language of scientific communication: Questions equity and access</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Friday 9:10-9:40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Flowerdew, John: <span> </span>Stigma and scholarly publication in English</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Friday 10:10-10-40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Rubdy, Rani & Gurthu, Madhu: Introducing English at primary one in India: A pedagogy of (im)possibilities?</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M. Reflections on a language policy's balance sheet: The case of South Africa</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b>Poster sessions marked as LPOL</b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><i>Thursday 10.10-10.40 and 15.10-15.40</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Owhotu, Victor B.: Towards a common policy framework of reference for multilingual education in the economic community of west African states</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Schanze, Livia Sophie: <span> </span>Discourses around recent German migration policies</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Bernard Spolsky <a href="mailto:bspolsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">bspolsky@gmail.com</a><br>
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