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Message1: 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America
Date:14-Mar-2015
From:María Blume mblume at pucp.pe
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Full Title: 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America 
Short Title: BilingLatAm VI 

Date: 12-Aug-2015 - 15-Aug-2015
Location: Lima, Lima, Peru 
Contact Person: Maria Blume
Meeting Email: simposio-bilinguismo at pucp.pe

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 16-Apr-2015

Meeting Description:

The 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America seeks to promote the exchange of knowledge about bilingualism and bilingual education among researchers that work on majority and minority languages in Latin America. The event will focus on showing the complexity of bilingualism and multilingualism, from sociocultural, cognitive, and pedagogical perspectives. We also wish to highlight the theoretical, methodological, and educational challenges that arise in new contexts in which bilingual practices develop.

Keynote Speakers:

- Ellen Bialystok, York University
- Jos� Ribamar Bessa Freire, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Inge Sichra, Programa de Formaci�n en EIB para los Pa�ses Andinos, Cochabamba
- Guadalupe Vald�s, Stanford University
- Virginia Zavala, Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica

Dates:

Thursday, August 13-Saturday August 15, 2015.
Pre-symposium workshops: Wednesday, August 12, 2015.

Where: Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica del Per�, Lima, Peru 

2nd Call for Papers:

6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America-Bilinglatam VI

Please read carefully since some information has changed.

Topics:

1. Different developments in bilingualism
2. Bilingualism, language contact and identities
3. Educational challenges of bilingualism
4. Language policies and ideologies about bilingualism
5. Benefits and challenges of bilingualism

Reviewers:

1. Cristina Banfi, Ministerio de Educaci�n del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
2. Luis Enrique L�pez, Indiana University 
3. Mario L�pez, Universidad Aut�noma Benito Ju�rez de Oaxaca
4. Anne Marie Truscott de Mej�a, Centro de Investigaci�n y Formaci�n en Educaci�n, Universidad de los Andes
5. Amparo Clavijo, Universidad Distrital, Bogot�
6. Miguel Far�as, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
7. Fernanda Liberali, Universidad Cat�lica de S�o Paulo
8. Iliana Reyes, Centro de Investigaci�n y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Polit�cnico Nacional, M�xico
9. Dina Castro, University of North Texas
10. Liliana S�nchez, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
11. Luis Andrade, Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica del Per� (PUCP)
12. Roger Gonzalo, PUCP
13. F�lix Julca, PUCP
14. Susana Rodr�guez, PUCP
15. Virginia Zavala, PUCP
16. Mar�a Blume, PUCP

Individual Presentations:

20 minutes for individual presentations in three-speaker tables. 15 minutes for questions for all speakers in a session. 

Colloquia:

The same format as for individual presentations but with a moderator that guides the final discussion. The members of the panel should send an individual abstract and indicate under the title of the abstract the name of the panel in which their presentation should be included.

Official languages
Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish will be provided for keynote sessions.

Deadline for the reception of abstracts Monday April 13, 2015.
Notification of acceptance Monday, May 11, 2015.

Abstracts should be anonymous, no more than 500 words long, and include enough detail to allow reviewers to judge their academic merits. Abstracts should be uploaded on our website.

[We have been having technical/administrative problems to set our website. We expect these issues to be resolved really soon, and we will send another announcement as soon as we solve our technical glitches.]

Contact: simposio-bilinguismo at pucp.pe


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