<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-article_title" style="font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.286em;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Malta to host international conference on bilingualism</h1><div id="gmail-article_content" class="gmail-article_content" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><div id="gmail-article_body" class="gmail-default_top_margin" style="margin:20px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;word-spacing:2px;font-size:1.167em;line-height:1.3em">An estimated 200 delegates from 41 countries are expected to attend the second International Conference on Bilingualism being held from March 25 to 27 at the University of Malta’s Valletta campus.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;word-spacing:2px;font-size:1.167em;line-height:1.3em">Topics to be discussed include bilingual acquisition and learning; translanguaging; biculturalism; bilingual/multilingual education; language policy and practices in bilingual/multilingual schools; code-switching; varieties of English; bilingual language use in different contexts; language attitudes; language and identity; linguistic landscapes; and bilingual issues in literature and translation.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;word-spacing:2px;font-size:1.167em;line-height:1.3em">Three international experts – Prof. Jasone Cenoz, Prof. Anne Pauwels and Prof. David Lasagabaster – will deliver the keynote speeches during the three-day conference. </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;word-spacing:2px;font-size:1.167em;line-height:1.3em">The conference is organised by the Department of English at the University’s Faculty of Arts. For further information e-mail Prof. Lydia Sciriha at <a href="mailto:lydia.sciriha@um.edu.mt">lydia.sciriha@um.edu.mt</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;word-spacing:2px;font-size:1.167em;line-height:1.3em">For further information visit the website below.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;word-spacing:2px;font-size:1.167em;line-height:1.3em"><a href="https://www.um.edu.mt/events/bilingualism2019" target="_self" rel="follow" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14.004px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,85,136)">https://www.um.edu.mt/events/bilingualism2019</a></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>