<div>Applied Linguistics in a Multisocial Context<br><br><br>Full Title: Applied Linguistics in a Multisocial Context <br>Short Title: ABLA 2010 Conference <br><br>Date: 18-Dec-2010 - 18-Dec-2010 <br>Location: Brussels, Belgium <br>
Contact Person: Julien Perrez<br>Meeting Email: <a onclick="window.open('http://linguistlist.org/people/personal/access-login.cfm?ConfID=112342','none','width=500,height=400,scrollbars=yes');" href="javascript:;"><font color="#1111cc">< click here to access email > </font></a><br>
Web Site: <a href="http://www.abla.be/"><font color="#1111cc">http://www.abla.be</font></a> <br><br>Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics<br><br>Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2010 <br><br>Meeting Description:<br>
<br>The ABLA 2010 Conference will take place against the background of the <br>European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The main <br>purpose of this gathering is to provide a meeting place for Belgian applied <br>
linguistic researchers and practitioners where they can generate ideas on <br>language related issues, foster a stronger and larger community, and <br>disseminate as well as promote research in applied linguistics. We especially <br>
welcome active participation from junior researchers and students who are <br>interested in any areas of language learning and teaching at any levels. <br><br>Inclusion and Exclusion and Language Figures of the 2009 Eurobarometer on <br>
poverty and social exclusion show that 37% of European poor people think <br>that their poverty is due to the fact that they do not have the necessary level <br>of education, training or skills. Ten years after Heads of State and <br>
Governments committed to a major drive against poverty in the EU, 2010 will <br>mark the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion to <br>address questions that arise, e.g.: <br>How can one ‘include’ people and groups into structured systems that have <br>
systematically ‘excluded’ them in the first place? <br>Why is ‘language’ not mentioned in the ‘barometer’? <br><br>It was the late Edward T. Hall (2009) who pointed out that also in <br>multinationals high level managers find themselves either ‘in the box’ or ‘out <br>
of the box’, based on their cultural backgrounds and the language they speak. <br>In education and training, language plays a crucial role. Which role does <br>language play in 'inclusion' and 'exclusion'? <br>
<br>The principle of ‘inclusion-exclusion’ is a method used in maths for problem <br>solving. At its 2010 conference ABLA will host a symposium on ‘Inclusion <br>and exclusion’ and calls for contributions that shed light on barriers for <br>
inclusion and how they are/may be lifted. We hope that specific and <br>interdisciplinary research as well as daily (good) practice will meet in <br>discussions on the needs of different groups of learners, of different ages, <br>
ranks and impairments, for different languages, situations, and functions. <br><br>The one-day event includes a plenary talk, parallel presentations, a poster <br>session on research projects as well as discussions in the two research <br>
networks.<br><br>Call for Papers <br><br>Abstracts can be delivered on the following website: <br><a href="http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/abla2010"><font color="#1111cc">http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/abla2010</font></a> </div>
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