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CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
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<big><b><small>MULTILINGUALISM AND EDUCATION: <br>
GLOBAL PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD.</small></b></big><br>
<br>
CONFERENCE CO-HOSTED BY KENYATTA UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA<big><br>
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The conference is intended to bring together researchers,
professionals, classroom practitioners, policy makers and language
specialists interested in issues that relate to multilingualism,
education and linguistic diversity as global phenomena. Papers at the
conference are expected to range from presentation of research findings
to analysis of practice.<br>
<br>
Date 22ND – 23RD JULY 2010<br>
Venue KENYATTA UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTRE (KUCC), NAIROBI,
KENYA<br>
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Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15th December 2009<br>
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 30th January 2010<br>
Deadline for submission of full paper: 30th March 2010<br>
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THEMES AND SUB-THEMES<br>
1. Language policies and language choice in a multilingual education
context.<br>
2. Linguistic challenges in a multilingual set-up.<br>
3. Benefits of mother-tongue education in early childhood.<br>
4. Teaching methodologies in multilingual education.<br>
5. Multilingualism in education in Africa: Reality on the ground.<br>
6. Multilingual education and IT/computing.<br>
7. Models for multi-literacy, multilingual, multimodal practices.<br>
8. Benefits of multilingualism in education<br>
9. Socio-cultural issues, multilingualism and special language
needs/ disorders.<br>
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Principal Speakers:<br>
Prof. Nancy H. Hornberger, Graduate School of Education, University of
Pennsylvania<br>
Prof. Okoth Okombo, Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi<br>
Prof. Susan Malone, SIL International, Bangkok, Thailand<br>
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Registration Fee:<br>
Participants from Africa: Kshs. 4,000<br>
Rest of the World 150 USD<br>
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Abstracts not exceeding 300 words (excluding references) should be sent
via e-mail as a Word attachment to: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:multilingualismconference@gmail.com">multilingualismconference@gmail.com</a><br>
by December 15, 2009.<br>
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The document should contain presentation title, the abstract, and
preference for poster or paper presentation. Please DO NOT include
information identifying the author(s) in the email attachment.
Author(s) information including name, affiliation and e-mail
address(es) should be detailed in the body of the email.<br>
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<b>Contact person at Kenyatta University:</b><br>
Martin C. Njoroge, PhD<br>
Department of English & Linguistics<br>
Kenyatta University<br>
P.O. Box 43844-00100<br>
Nairobi, Kenya<br>
Tel. 254208710901 ext 57338<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marttoh68@yahoo.com">marttoh68@yahoo.com</a><br>
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