35.2329, Calls: Political and Social Dimensions of Foreign Language Teaching in Europe: The Social Construction of Strong and Weak Languages

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Subject: 35.2329, Calls: Political and Social Dimensions of Foreign Language Teaching in Europe: The Social Construction of Strong and Weak Languages

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Date: 25-Aug-2024
From: Antonio Venturis [venturis at itl.auth.gr]
Subject: Political and Social Dimensions of Foreign Language Teaching in Europe: The Social Construction of Strong and Weak Languages


Full Title: Political and Social Dimensions of Foreign Language
Teaching in Europe: The Social Construction of Strong and Weak
Languages
Short Title: CostLang24

Date: 13-Dec-2024 - 15-Dec-2024
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Contact Person: Antonio Venturis
Meeting Email: costlang24 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://costlang24.wixsite.com/costlang24-1/en

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2024

Meeting Description:

Language policies are almost always related to the social conditions
and needs that a State highlights, and are related to the trends and
needs of the supranational political and economic structure to which
it belongs. In many European countries, foreign language teaching has
always been conditioned by policies that favored the promotion of a
single language, neglecting the economic, cultural and social reality
of the local country.

The example of languages such as Italian, presented as a weak language
compared to others, such as English, demonstrates the effect of the
actual policy, followed in Europe after the Second World War.
Regardless of the economic relations between European countries, the
cultural exchange and the continuous contact between their peoples,
local and European policies continue to promote the learning of the
so-called strong languages, imposing certain linguistic needs on their
citizens.

The antithesis between social reality and local and European language
policy is the stimulus for this conference, which aims to inform
participants about the economic, political, cultural and linguistic
dimensions that favor, if not impose, the teaching of languages not
promoted by the EU, such as Italian, and their support at an
institutional level.

Those interested in submitting a paper are invited to submit a summary
in Italian or English of 300 to 500 words, excluding bibliography, by
30 September 2024. The text of the summary, accompanied by
bibliography and any figures, must not exceed 2 A4 pages.

The abstracts, in Word format and anonymously, must be submitted
electronically through the appropriate platform:
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/costlang24/ .

The contributions will be selected for oral or poster presentation
following double blind peer review. It is however possible to indicate
your preference when submitting the proposals.

Any proposals for publication in the conference proceedings must be
received by April 30, 2025. Please note that acceptance of the
abstract at the conference does not necessarily imply publication of
the contribution in the conference proceedings.

Further details regarding the publication of the volume will be
communicated later.

Presentations of the works:

Each oral presentation, in .ppt or .pdf format, will last 15 minutes,
followed by a short discussion (5 minutes). Posters must be printed in
A0 format (841 mm-1189 mm) and vertical orientation.

The languages of the conference are Italian, Greek and English. It is
suggested that posters and slide content be written in English to
facilitate full participation in the discussion by non-Italian and
Greek speaking participants.



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