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Expert Seminar on the "Added Value of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education"

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM - Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM (GMT+0100)

Leeuwarden, Netherlands

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Expert Seminar on the

 “Added Value of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education”

 

3 – 4 June 2010, Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, Fryslân, The Netherlands

 

The seminar will be organised by the Mercator Research Centre and the Basque Government.  The project “Added value of multilingualism and multilingual education” will be the central focus of the seminar. This multi-annual project is carried out by the Mercator Research Centre in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country. It is a comparative study of the Basque Autonomous Community and the province of Fryslân. It aims at:

1)      analyzing bilingualism and multilingualism as a resource for the individual and society

2)      analyzing bilingualism and multilingualism as a resource at school

 

Keynote speakers are

  • Maria-Louisa Garciá Gurrutxaga (Ministry of Education, Basque Government)
  • Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country)
  • Durk Gorter (University of the Basque Country - IKERBASQUE)
  • François Grin (University of Geneva)
  • Ulrike Jessner (University of Innsbruck)
  • Reinier Salverda (Fryske Akademy)

 

You are kindly invited to submit an abstract (max 300 words) for a contribution to the Expert Seminar related to one of the following topics:

  • bi- multilingual education, in particular on the advantages and opportunities of digital learning
  • social benefits & costs of multilingualism
  • multi-competence & multilingualism
  • metalinguistic awareness
  • methodological issues and testing in multilingual contexts

 

Please include the following details with your abstract: Full name and title; Academic or professional affiliation; Email address; Title of the presentation.

During the seminar papers may be given in English or Spanish (simultaneous translation in English and Spanish are provided).

Abstracts should be send to mhanenburg@fryske-akademy.nl by Monday 1st March 2010.

Notification of acceptance will be given by Thursday 1st April.

 

The participation fee is 150€ (this includes lunches, two conference dinners and a social activity). Please register before 16th May. To our regret we cannot reimburse the costs of your travel or accommodation. For further information about how to reach Ljouwert/Leeuwarden and about hotels see our website www.mercator-research.eu

When & Where


doelestraat 8

Leeuwarden
Netherlands

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM - Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM (GMT+0100)


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The International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP) aims to ensure the continuity and development of biennial international conferences (ICLASPs) that serve important functions of: exchange of ideas; establishing and extending contacts; facilitating collaborative research projects; and sharing experiences among colleagues from a variety of disciplines and professions from around the world. The diversity of perspectives focusing on the intersection of language and social behavior and experience has been one of the most exciting and rewarding features of the earlier conferences (in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, USA, & UK).

The Mercator Research Centre gathers and mobilises expertise in the field of language learning at school, at home and through cultural participation in favour of linguistic diversity of Europe. The Mercator Research Centre brings Europe to Fryslân and Fryslân to Europe. The Mercator Research Centre is part of the Fryske Akademy.