29.2289, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Spain

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LINGUIST List: Vol-29-2289. Sat May 26 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.2289, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Spain

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Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 10:37:47
From: Raymond Echitchi [sechitch at flog.uned.es]
Subject: Language and Society Conference on Bilingualism and Interculturality

 
Full Title: Language and Society Conference on Bilingualism and Interculturality 
Short Title: BIUNED 2018 

Date: 29-Nov-2018 - 30-Nov-2018
Location: Madrid, Spain 
Contact Person: Raymond Echitchi
Meeting Email: lenguaysociedad at flog.uned.es
Web Site: http://biuned.weebly.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 11-Jul-2018 

Meeting Description:

International Conference

Bilingualism and interculturality: challenges, limits and solutions.

Dpto. Filologías Extranjeras y sus Lingüísticas
UNED: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Madrid, Spain.

Dates:
November 29th - 30th, 2018

Over the last decade an array of bilingual programmes has been implemented in
Spain and other European countries, each of them with different approaches and
in different contexts. At the same time a number of conferences and research
seminars have analysed the advances in and advantages of bilingual education
regardless of cost. Despite the foregoing, few critical voices have been
raised in academic contexts to analyse the real impact of bilingualism in
schools and its repercussions for student and teacher needs as well as the
school management challenge it creates. There is also a lack of correlation
between what families know about bilingualism, what they think about bilingual
education, and what they expect from bilingual programs.
This conference attempts not only to analyse more deeply what we know about
bilingualism and interculturality but also to stimulate alternatives to the
well-documented weaknesses of bilingual education, which have so far been
identified more often by the press than by academia. This conference will
focus on the lack of development in oral communicative skills and the
significance of teaching specialized and technical vocabulary in secondary
education which, while useful for dealing with academic subjects, has little
impact on general oral communication. The conference will also discuss the
danger of not attaining adequate communicative skills in the first language,
the absence of intercultural contents or aims, the inadequacy of teaching
resources, etc. 
This conference sets out to be a forum for a critical analysis and discussion
of the aforementioned weaknesses and seeks to provide alternatives which will
help solve these and other problems.
Proposals related to English-Spanish or Spanish-English bilingual institutions
will be given preference, but proposals based on other language combinations,
including either English or Spanish in them, will also be welcome.
Nevertheless, proposals must be related to the main theme to be accepted.

Plenary speakers:

Professor Tony Liddicoat (University of Warwick)
Professor Pádraig Ó Duibhir (Dublin City University)
Professor Li Wei (University College London)


Call for Papers:

The conference, whose theme is “Bilingualism and Interculturality: challenges,
limits and solutions”,  is open to all those interested in research on
bilingual education involving Spanish, English or both languages.

Those interested in taking part as speakers are requested to consider the
following information:

Submission of Proposals and Deadline:

Participation is open to all those interested in the conference theme.
Proposals for papers in English or Spanish are welcome. It is worth-noting
that presentations will last 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion
at the end. The deadline for submission is July 11, 2018.
In order to submit a proposal you will need: 

Presentation title (max. 15 words)

Key words (max. 5 words)

Abstract (300-400 words, not including references) The abstract must be
followed by 5-10 references.

Short Biodata (max. 200 words)

Information: 
For further information, please contact the organizing committee at the e-mail
or address povided provided below. 

lenguaysociedad at flog.uned.es

Secretaría de Lengua y Sociedad 
Dcho. 623 Humanidades
Senda del Rey, 7
Departamento Filologías Extranjeras y sus Lingüísticas 
Facultad de Filología
UNED
28004 Madrid, Spain

Conference website: www.biuned.weebly.com




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