27.954, Calls: Applied Ling, Socioling/Switzerland

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Subject: 27.954, Calls: Applied Ling, Socioling/Switzerland

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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:25:55
From: Annie Cottier [annie.cottier at int.unibe.ch]
Subject: MILSA Colloquium: Facilitating Students' Intercultural Learning through Study Abroad

 
Full Title: MILSA Colloquium: Facilitating Students' Intercultural Learning through Study Abroad 
Short Title: MILSA 

Date: 14-Apr-2016 - 15-Apr-2016
Location: Bern, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Annie Cottier
Meeting Email: annie.cottier at int.unibe.ch
Web Site: http://www.milsa.unibe.ch/colloquium_2016/index_eng.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 04-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

MILSA is research project investigating methods for facilitating university
students’ intercultural learning through study abroad programs; collaborators
are the University of Bern, Switzerland, and the University of Technology
Sydney, Australia. The colloquium will explore current practices and
directions from a range of international contexts and perspectives and will
inform and guide the direction of the MILSA project over the next two years.

The University of Bern (Switzerland) and the University of Technology Sydney
(Australia) are collaborators on a research project investigating methods for
facilitating university students’ intercultural learning through study abroad
programs. The project which will run from 2016-17 is titled ‘MILSA’
(‘Mentoring Intercultural Learning through Study Abroad’ or ‘Mentoringprogramm
für interkulturelles Lernen während des studentischen Auslandaufenthalts’) and
is supported by the Mercator Foundation Switzerland, the International Office
of the University of Bern and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the
University of Technology Sydney. 

The project aims to understand how we as educators and program administrators
can maximise the opportunities afforded by study abroad programs to facilitate
student intercultural learning. One of the first activities of the project is
a research colloquium to be held on 14 and 15 April 2016 in Bern to bring
together experts working in the area of intercultural learning in study
abroad. We are pleased to welcome Jane Jackson from Chinese University of Hong
Kong and Fred Dervin from the University of Helsinki as confirmed plenary
speakers, as well Josep-Maria Cots, University of Lleida; Mirjam Egli Cuenat,
University of Teacher Education St. Gallen; Sybille Heinzmann, University of
Teacher Education Luzern; Susan Oguro, University of Technology Sydney;
Hiroshi Ota, Hitotsubashi University and Elspeth Jones, Emerita Professor
Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds as our confirmed invited speakers.

The colloquium will explore current practices and directions from a range of
international contexts and perspectives and will inform and guide the
direction of the MILSA project over the next two years. The colloquium also
provides an opportunity to scope an edited monograph. 

The colloquium will provide opportunities to not only discuss educational
models and teaching practices but also to explore theoretical perspectives.
Posters should address one or more of the following areas: 

- Ways to mentor students’ intercultural learning in study abroad programs
(pre-departure and/or during exchange and/or post-sojourn) 
- Experiences with technical tools for mentoring students during study abroad
(chatrooms, learning platforms etc.)
- Ways of supporting students to reflect on and articulate their study abroad
insights in sophisticated ways (that is, encouraging students to move beyond
superficial reporting).
- Ways to explicitly link study abroad program/experiences to graduate
attributes and careers
- Defining the parameters of intercultural competences for specific study
abroad programs
- Ways of evaluating links between interculturality and study abroad programs

This conference will be of interest to Applied Linguists and Sociolinguists
working within the areas of Language and Intercultural Education and
Globalisation.


Call for Papers:

There will be one poster session per day where presenters can discuss their
work with individual listeners.

Candidates are asked to email their poster title and an abstract of
approximately 250 words to kathrin.beeler at int.unibe.ch by 4 March 2016.
Notification of acceptance will be given within ten days of the deadline. For
liaison on travel and accommodation matters, please contact
kathrin.beeler at int.unibe.ch and/or consult our website www.milsa.unibe.ch.

In particular, we would like to encourage young researchers to submit
abstracts. We look forward to your submissions and to meeting you at the
Colloquium. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any queries.




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