29.1187, Calls: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Lang Acquisition, Neuroling, Psycholing/Malaysia

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Subject: 29.1187, Calls: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Lang Acquisition, Neuroling, Psycholing/Malaysia

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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:56:37
From: Theo Marinis [t.marinis at reading.ac.uk]
Subject: Connect Malaysia

 
Full Title: Connect Malaysia 
Short Title: Connect'M 

Date: 16-Jul-2018 - 19-Jul-2018
Location: Johor Bahru, Malaysia 
Contact Person: Theo Marinis
Meeting Email: celm at reading.ac.uk
Web Site: https://www.reading.ac.uk/celm/news-events/16th-19th-july-2nd-international-connect-malaysia-connect-m-conference-2018/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 26-Mar-2018 

Meeting Description:

I am very pleased to announce that the 2nd Connect Malaysia conference will
take place on 16-19 July 2018 at the University of Reading Malaysia. The
website is now up and running:

https://www.reading.ac.uk/celm/news-events/16th-19th-july-2nd-international-co
nnect-malaysia-connect-m-conference-2018/

Overview:

Connect Malaysia (Connect’M) is an international and interdisciplinary
conference that aims to bridge the gap between multiple disciplines
(linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and education) by connecting
researchers from Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand in Malaysia, a
multilingual and multicultural society.

Following the successful 1st Connect’M conference with the theme ‘Connecting
Neuroscience and Evidence-based practices in clinical and non-clinical
research’, the 2nd Connect’M 2018 has the theme: ‘Language & Literacy in
Multilingual Societies’. 

Connect’M 2018 will comprise three days of research presentations and thematic
roundtables and one day of knowledge transfer workshops.

Day 1- Literacy: the first day will focus on factors that contribute to
literacy attainment, including cognitive factors (e.g. phonological
awareness), environmental factors (e.g. home language and literacy
environment), and pedagogical factors (e.g. methods of literacy instruction). 

Day 2 – Multilingualism in the classroom: will focus on multilingualism in the
classroom and will address issues of individual variability in bilinguals, the
use of translanguaging in the classroom and science and maths education in
multilingual classrooms. 

Day 3 – Language assessment for mutilingual children: will focus on language
assessment for children growing up in multilingual societies, how to develop
language assessments for multilingual children and will include talks on
methods for the documentation of indigenous languages and language development
research. 

Keynote speakers:

1. Rhona Stainthorp & Daisy Powell (University of Reading)
2. Jeanine Treffers-Daller (University of Reading)
3. Stephanie Pillai (University of Malaya)

Invited speakers:

1. Alison Arrow (Massey University, New Zealand)
2. Ehab W. Hermena (Zayed University, Dubai) tbc
3. Rogayah Razak & Lim Hui Woan (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
4. Susan Rickard-Liow (National University of Singapore) tbc
5. Lina Mukhopadhyay (The English & Foreign Languages University, India)
6. Tamer Amin (American University of Beirut)
7. Ambigapathy Pandian (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)

Roundtables:
1. The impact of different types of instruction on literacy development
2. Multilingualism in the classroom
3. Language assessment for multilingual children

Knowledge transfer workshops:

1. Using software for psycholinguistic experiments - PsychoPy 
2. Eye-tracking 
3. ERP 

To enable staff and students from middle and low income countries to attend,
there is a special rate for middle/low income countries based on the United
Nations World Economic Situation Prospects 2018 report – see registration
page.

The Conference is organised by the Centre for Literacy & Multilingualism at
the University of Reading.

Organising committee: 

Theo Marinis, Daisy Powell, Doug Saddy (University of Reading)
Rachel Pye (University of Reading Malaysia)
Rogayah Razak (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Ngee Thai Yap (Universiti Putra Malaysia)


Call for Papers:

We welcome submissions for papers and posters on research surrounding
‘Language & Literacy in Multilingual Societies’, including but not limited to:

- The development of language and/or literacy in multilingual children and
factors that lead to individual variability,
- The development of literacy in multilingual children,
- Factors that contribute to literacy attainment, including cognitive factors
(e.g. phonological awareness), environmental factors (e.g. home language and
literacy environment), and pedagogical factors (e.g. methods of literacy
instruction).
- Pedagogies in the multilingual classroom, including the use of home
languages and the use of translanguaging in the classroom.
- Language of instruction for science and maths education in multilingual
classrooms.
- Language assessment for multilingual children, including indigenous
children.
- Language documentation of indigenous languages.

Abstract submission deadline: 26 March 2018

Submit your abstract via Easy Chair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=connectm2




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