[lg policy] Malta to host international conference on bilingualism

[Harold Schiffman]

Malta to host international conference on bilingualism

An estimated 200 delegates from 41 countries are expected to attend the
second International Conference on Bilingualism being held from March 25 to
27 at the University of Malta’s Valletta campus.

Topics to be discussed include bilingual acquisition and learning;
translanguaging; biculturalism; bilingual/multilingual education; language
policy and practices in bilingual/multilingual schools; code-switching;
varieties of English; bilingual language use in different contexts;
language attitudes; language and identity; linguistic landscapes; and
bilingual issues in literature and translation.

Three international experts – Prof. Jasone Cenoz, Prof. Anne Pauwels and
Prof. David Lasagabaster – will deliver the keynote speeches during the
three-day conference.

The conference is organised by the Department of English at the
University’s Faculty of Arts. For further information e-mail Prof. Lydia
Sciriha at lydia.sciriha at um.edu.mt.

For further information visit the website below.

https://www.um.edu.mt/events/bilingualism2019

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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