[lg policy] 1st Call for Abstracts: Who needs languages? Micro and macro perspectives into language education policies. International conference & 28th Summer School in Jyv äskylä, Finland, June 7-10, 2010.

[Harold Schiffman]

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Who needs languages? Micro and macro perspectives into language
education policies.
International conference & 28th Summer School in Jyväskylä, Finland,
June 7-10, 2010.  1st call for abstracts

We would like to invite you to the international conference on Who needs
languages? Micro and macro perspectives into language education policies
in Jyväskylä, Finland, June 7-10, 2010. The conference is hosted by the
Centre for Applied Language Studies, Department of Languages and the
Language Centre at the University of Jyväskylä.
    The conference offers fresh outlooks on language education policy,
acknowledging its multidisciplinary and multidimensional nature, and its
social, cultural and economic dimensions. Where and by whom are language
education policy decisions made, explicitly and/or implicitly? How do
educational systems respond to challenges of multilingual societies?
Critical views will be presented in order to understand the current
developments and challenges of language education from both micro and
macro perspectives. The conference is simultaneously the 28th
International Summer School for Applied Language Studies at the
University of Jyväskylä.
    The keynote speakers are Joseph LoBianco (University of Melbourne,
Australia), Clara Keating (Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal), and Sue
Wright      (University of Portsmouth, England). Invited workshops are
held by Christine Helot (University of Strasbourg, France) and Muiris Ó
Laoire (Institute of Technology, Tralee,  Ireland)
    The programme of the conference consists of plenary sessions,
invited workshops, parallel paper sessions, and poster sessions. We
encourage participants to discuss issues which focus on the conference
theme. Proposals for papers (20 min + 10 min for discussion) and posters
should not exceed 500 words. The paper and poster proposals are
submitted via the conference website.
  The submissions open on October 15, 2009 at www.jyu.fi/kieliverkosto.
The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010. Notification of
acceptance or rejection will take place by February 28, 2010, after the
conference board has reviewed the submissions.
     We look forward to seeing you in Jyväskylä in 2010!

On behalf of the conference organizers

Prof. Tarja Nikula, Conference chair
Dr. Taina Saarinen, Conference secretary
University of Jyväskylä, CALS

e-mail taina.m.saarinen at jyu.fi
http://www.jyu.fi/kieliverkosto






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