26.5057, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/Austria

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-5057. Thu Nov 12 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.5057, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/Austria

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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:09:28
From: Monika Dannerer [monika.dannerer at uibk.ac.at]
Subject: Forms of Multilingualism in Secondary and Tertiary Education

Full Title: Forms of Multilingualism in Secondary and Tertiary Education 

Date: 15-Sep-2016 - 17-Sep-2016
Location: Innsbruck, Austria 
Contact Person: Monika Dannerer
Meeting Email: FM.Innsbruck2016 at uibk.ac.at
Web Site: http://www.uibk.ac.at/germanistik/mehrsprachigkeit2016/index.html.de 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 20-Dec-2015 

Meeting Description:

The conference deals with the use, function and perception of languages and varieties in secondary and tertiary education. Against the background of an integrative notion of internal and external multilingualism and an enhanced dialogue between researchers of different directions, focus will be on language use, language attitudes, language and education policy framework, as well as new linguistic concepts to an integrative treatment of different forms of multilingualism.

Due to migration processes, (educational) mobility, and globalisation, multilingualism plays an important role in society. General awareness of multilingualism is high – both in terms of different varieties of the same language (so-called “internal multilingualism”) as well as with regard to different languages (“external multilingualism”). On the whole, assessment of multilingualism is often very positive (multilingualism as an ''opportunity'', as a value in itself). For particular cases, however, the spectrum of attitudes is broad, and the various forms of internal and external multilingualism receive rather mixed assessments or are judged predominantly negatively (denigration of many languages and varieties, multilingualism as a ''cost factor'').  This ambivalence also becomes apparent in the educational institutions in which the aforementioned forms of multilingualism inherently play an important role: Local varieties, although occurring in many communication situations
 , are either not named at all or are only referred to as a linguistic behaviour that must be avoided. Certain (foreign) languages – increasingly as working languages – are  promoted with a large investment of time and money and contribute to greater prestige for schools, for example. In contrast, most of the heritage languages of pupils, students, or teachers are still considered an obstacle or are simply ignored, both in the everyday life of the institution and during the learning process.

Although these types of multilingualism are closely intertwined in everyday life, they are mostly dealt with in different research traditions.

Call for Papers:

Against the background of an integrative notion of multilingualism and an enhanced dialogue between researchers of different research directions, forms and functions of multilingualism in secondary and tertiary education should be dealt with during the conference, with preference being given to oral communication. The focus can be on:

- Language use: languages and varieties in (academic) teaching as well as in academic administration and in the everyday life of institutions, as learning and teaching objectives, as a “tool”, as basis for multilingual interaction, as tolerated, covered or even hidden behaviour
- Language attitudes: Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of and attitudes towards heritage languages, educational and academic languages, foreign (school) languages, in terms of standard varieties, regiolects and dialects
- Language and education policy framework: guiding principles (language barrier, multilingualism as a deficit or as an opportunity, etc.), trouble spots, blind spots
- New linguistic concepts: research-methodological approaches to an integrative treatment of different forms of multilingualism, (new) approaches to the triangulation of methods and data

Forms of presentation: Presentation, poster presentation
Conference languages: English, German 

Submission of Abstracts:

Send your abstract in pdf format (max. 300 words, excluding list of references) in German or English before 20 December, 2015 to http://www.uibk.ac.at/germanistik/mehrsprachigkeit2016/anmeldung.html   
The decision regarding the acceptance of your contribution - which will be based on peer review - will be made by February 2016.

Conference Organisation:

Univ.‐Prof. Mag. Dr. Monika Dannerer (Universität Innsbruck) and Ass.Prof. Mag. Dr. Peter Mauser (Universität Salzburg)

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