21.3496, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acq/Australia

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Subject: 21.3496, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acq/Australia

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Date: 31-Aug-2010
From: Farzad Sharifian < farzad.sharifian at monash.edu >
Subject: 3rd Annual Roundtable of Language and Society Centre
 

	
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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:32:46
From: Farzad Sharifian [farzad.sharifian at monash.edu]
Subject: 3rd Annual Roundtable of Language and Society Centre

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Full Title: 3rd Annual Roundtable of Language and Society Centre 
Short Title: LASC Annual Roundtable 

Date: 17-Feb-2011 - 18-Feb-2011
Location: Melbourne, Australia 
Contact Person: Melanie Burns
Meeting Email: Melanie.Burns at arts.monash.edu.au
Web Site: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/language-and-society/lasc-round-
tables.php 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 12-Nov-2010 

Meeting Description:

Language learning in the 'global economy'

The Third Roundtable of the Language and Society Centre will be an 
opportunity for scholars to explore the nature and impact of global forces 
that have in recent years changed the conditions, contents, and contexts of 
language learning.

Keynote speaker: Alan Firth (Newcastle University, UK)

Chair: Farzad Sharifian (Monash University) 

Call For Papers

Like any other phenomenon, language learning is influenced by major 
forces that accompany globalization, in the widest possible sense of the 
word. These global forces are often explored in terms of their economic 
impacts, but the notion of 'economy' is often generally understood in thea 
narrow sense of 'money matters'. In a wider sense, however, 'economy' can 
be understood to include factors that give context and content to social 
structures, which in turn have an impact on financial issues. In this sense of 
the word, 'global economy' includes major forces that operate at a global 
level and that have tangible implications at the local level. These include 
human mobility (for migration, asylum seeking, business, study or holidays) 
and technological advancements. These forces and factors have serious 
implications for language learning in general. 

The Third Roundtable of the Language and Society Centre will be an 
opportunity for scholars to explore the nature and impact of global forces 
that have in recent years changed the conditions, contents, and contexts of 
language learning.  The topics will include, but are not limited to, the 
following:
    
a) Language learning in multilingual/multicultural contexts,
b) Lingua franca learning,
c) Language learning in the cyber world,
d) Learning multinational, pluricentric languages

Those interested in submitting a paper for presentation should send an 
abstract (around 250-300 words) to Melanie Burns 
(Melanie.Burns at arts.monash.edu.au) by the Friday 12th November, 2010. 
Notification of acceptance of proposals will be by the Friday 10th December, 
2010.





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