[EDLING:386] CFP: Bi- and multilingual Universities: Challenges and Future Prospects

[Francis M Hult]

Call for Papers

Bi- and multilingual Universities: Challenges and Future Prospects

http://www.palmenia.helsinki.fi/congress/bilingual2005/papers.asp

The Conference sessions will take place on Friday, September 2, 2005 and
on Saturday, September 3, 2005. We welcome proposals for papers related to
an aspect of the 3 themes:

1. Multilingual higher education
2. The cultural, political and historical context
3. Multilingualism at the universities in practice

Suggested topics related to these themes include:

*Future scenarios for multilingual higher education
*How can the university help students from both language groups to become
bilingual
*The impact of new technologies on multilingual instruction - challenges
and future prospects
*Language, culture and higher education in multilingual indigenous
societies
*English - threat or opportunity
*Key cultural, political and historical features impacting on multilingual
higher education
*Examples of good practice from bi- and multilingual universities
*Minorities and higher education
*New language policies supporting multilingual higher education
How can bi-and multilingual higher education be used as a marketing asset
*What is the impact of bilingualism/bilingual education on cognitive
development
*The impact of the Bologna process and Joint degrees on multilingual
higher education
*What are the impacts of globalisation, nationalism and the flow of
immigrants and refugees on multilingual higher education
*Does the EU have a long-term policy to promote multilingualism in Europe
*Minority language rights - theory and practice
*How much is second language acquisition different from first language
acquisition
*The impact of multilingual higher education on students and teachers
*Linguistic diversity and language rights
*What kind of university administration supports bilingual education in
the best way
*The role of the language Center in promoting bilingual education
*Engelskan och de nordiska språken vid universiteten

The presentations are limited to 15 - 20 minutes in the sessions and an
abstract of approximately 200 words should be submitted by May 30, 2005
together with any special requests for audio-visual requirements.

Papers should be submitted to Caesar.Paterlini at helsinki.fi as an email
attachment readable in Microsoft Word (e.g. in DOC or RTF format).