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Title: Book: Language and Migration in a Multilingual Metropolis
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From http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319406053#otherversion=9783319406060
Language and Migration in a Multilingual Metropolis
By Patrick Stevenson
Published by Springer
This lively and engaging book, set in the historical context of centuries of migration and multilingualism in Berlin, explores the relationship between language and migration. Berlin is a multicultural city in the heart of Europe, but what do we know about the number of languages spoken by its inhabitants and how they are used in everyday life? How do encounters with different languages impact on the experience of migration? And how do people use their experiences with language to shape their life stories? To investigate these questions, the author invites the reader to accompany him on a research expedition that leads to an apartment building in the highly diverse district of Neukölln. Its inhabitants come from different parts of the world and relate their experiences – their Berlin lives – in ways that reveal the complex and intricate relationships between language and migration.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319406053#otherversion=9783319406060
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Title: Book: World Englishes and Culture Wars
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World Englishes and Culture Wars
By Braj B. Kachru
Published by Cambridge University Press
Written from a non-Western perspective, this book exposes the inadequacy of oppositions such as native vs. non-native Englishes and English vs. New Englishes. It explains why the label 'World Englishes' captures both what the different Englishes share and how they differ from each other. It also criticizes the kinds of power asymmetries that have evolved between the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circles of English, while showing the extent to which the Outer Circle has enriched their common language and made it suitable for both its heritage and non-heritage users. The narrative is grounded in a wealth of historical knowledge, especially that of the colonization of the Outer Circle. Readers are invited to compare the spread and differentiation of English with those of Latin, which evolved into the Romance languages. This comparison may leave the reader asking: could English break up into Anglian languages?
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/world-englishes-and-culture-wars?format=HB
Source: Cambridge University Press
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Title: Book: Diversity in African languages: Selected papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
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From http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/121
Diversity in African languages: Selected papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
Edited by Doris L. Payne, Sara Pacchiarotti, and Mokaya Bosire
Published by Language Science Press
Diversity in African Languages contains a selection of revised papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Oregon. Most chapters focus on single languages, addressing diverse aspects of their phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, information structure, or historical development. These chapters represent nine different genera: Mande, Gur, Kwa, Edoid, Bantu, Nilotic, Gumuzic, Cushitic, and Omotic. Other chapters investigate a mix of languages and families, moving from typological issues to sociolinguistic and inter-ethnic factors that affect language and accent switching. Some chapters are primarily descriptive, while others push forward the theoretical understanding of tone, semantic problems, discourse related structures, and other linguistic systems. The papers on Bantu languages reflect something of the internal richness and continued fascination of the family for linguists, as well as maturation of research on the family. The distribution of other papers highlights the need for intensified research into all the language families of Africa, including basic documentation, in order to comprehend linguistic diversities and convergences across the continent. In this regard, the chapter on Daats’íin (Gumuzic) stands out as the first-ever published article on this hitherto unknown and endangered language found in the Ethiopian-Sudanese border lands.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/121
Source: Language Science Press
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Title: Call for Proposals: 9th Annual Ohio University CALL Conference
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From https://sites.google.com/site/ohiocallconference2014/9th-annual-ohio-university-call-conference
9th Annual Ohio University CALL Conference
Differentiation and Engagement in CALL
April 7, 2017
With Featured Speaker, Dr. Joy Egbert, Washington State University
Proposal deadline: February 28.
For more information and to submit a proposal, go to https://sites.google.com/site/ohiocallconference2014/9th-annual-ohio-university-call-conference
Source: Ohio University
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Title: Call for Papers: Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-771.html
Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
September 7-9, 2017
Brunei
The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GLoCALL) Conference aims to share knowledge, research and experience on how to use computer technology to make language learning more effective and pleasant; to explore how the technology can be adapted to better meet the local needs of students and teachers, while at the same time providing global perspectives on computer-assisted language learning (CALL); and to bring the technology within the reach of local teachers who wish to develop their professionalism in CALL.
Proposals are encouraged within the sub-themes below, but are not limited to them.
- Application of technology to the language classroom
- Localizing Internet materials to the classroom
- Using the Internet for cultural exchange
- Managing multimedia/hypermedia environments
- E-learning, collaborative learning and blended learning
- Emerging technologies
- Fostering autonomous learning through technology
- Training language teachers in e-learning environments
Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2017
View the full call for papers at http://linguistlist.org/issues/28/28-771.html
Source: LINGUIST LIst
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Title: AATSEEL 2018 Call for Proposals: Panel Stream Topics
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From http://www.aatseel.org/program/
The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages will hold its next conference February 1-4, 2018, in Washington, DC.
The AATSEEL Program Committee invites proposals for panel stream topics for the 2018 conference in Washington, DC. These streams will promote greater cohesion among conference panels and foster a broader dialogue throughout the conference. The result can be a series of mini-conferences within the framework of our larger conference. All conference attendees are welcome to attend stream panels, but participants in a stream are expected to attend all of the panels in their stream.
Stream topic proposals should consist of a 200-word abstract describing the stream as a whole and a list of 4-6 potential participants (you need not yet have firm commitments from them) and should indicate whether you prefer a 2 or 3 panel stream. These should be sent via email to the Program Committee Chair, Jon Stone (jon.stone@fandm.edu), by March 1, 2017.
Individual paper proposals as well as pre-formed panel and roundtable proposals will continue to be accepted, as usual, exclusively through the AATSEEL website (the April 15 and July 1 deadlines remain the same). The call for individual proposals, panels, and roundtables is available at https://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main
The call for stream topics can be viewed at http://www.aatseel.org/program/stream-topics-2017/
Source: AATSEEL
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Title: Call for Abstracts: Recognizing Sign Languages
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Call for Abstracts - Recognizing Sign Languages: An International Overview of National Campaigns for Sign Language Legislation and Their Outcomes
This edited collection surveys national advocacy campaigns for the legal recognition of sign languages around the world and the legislation which sometimes resulted from these campaigns. Each chapter will focus on a country’s campaign, its outcomes in terms of the type of sign language legislation achieved versus desired outcomes and deaf community expectations for this legislation. Chapters will cover strategies used in achieving passage of this legislation, including alliance building and negotiations with governments and other stakeholders, as well an account of barriers confronted in the legislative process and how these were or were not overcome. The legislation will be summarized and chapters will look at the work undertaken in the implementation of the law, including language promotion bodies and the policy-making processes post-passage. This includes evaluation of the success of the legislation vis-à-vis deaf community goals. Chapters will set sign language laws within their national settings, with reference to the language policies and the status of other minority languages of that country.
Submit a one paragraph abstract by March 6, 2017.
View the full call for abstracts at https://www.researchgate.net/project/Call-for-Abstracts-Recognizing-Sign-Languages-An-International-Overview-of-National-Campaigns-for-Sign-Language-Legislation-and-Their-Outcomes
Source: ResearchGate
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Title: Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology 2017 Conference
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From http://neallt.org/neallt2017/index.html
The Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology (NEALLT) will hold its annual conference at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, from Friday, March 3 to Sunday, March 5, 2017. The conference will be hosted by the Language & Culture (LC) Commons, the newly transformed Language Learning Center at Muhlenberg College.
The theme of the conference will be “Learning Environments for Languages and Cultures” and there will be presentations and panel discussions on topics including:
• Emerging technologies
• Innovative software and apps
• Social Media
• Teleconferencing
• Student agency - tasks for student expression
• Scaffolding student learning
• Curricular innovations
• Space planning and design
• Resource Center management
• Mobile technology
• Online courses
• MOOCS
• Open educational resources
For more conference details go to http://neallt.org/neallt2017/index.html
Source: NEALLT
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Title: 6th Annual Southern New England Conference for Dual Language Programs
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From https://www.massmabe.org/event-2299910
The Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education (MABE) sponsors the Sixth Southern New England Region Conference for Dual Language Programs along with Dual Language Programs in Connecticut and Rhode Island, is delighted to host this sixth conference for teachers, school and district leaders, support staff, and all those interested in and dedicated to Dual Language Education.
Making Connections From Early Childhood to High School Graduation in Dual Language Programs
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
WIndham Middle School, 123 Quarry St., Willimantic, CT
Visit the conference website at https://www.massmabe.org/event-2299910
Educators will have opportunities to visit dual language schools before the conference, between March 20 and 24. For more details go to https://www.massmabe.org/event-2327237
Source: MABE
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Title: National Chinese Language Conference
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From http://asiasociety.org/national-chinese-language-conference
The National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) provides a high–profile platform for sharing new ideas and best practices in the fields of Chinese language teaching and learning, Chinese arts and culture, and U.S.–China educational exchange. The tenth annual NCLC is organized by Asia Society and the College Board and will be held in Houston, TX, April 6-8, 2017. The conference will focus on:
• building and sustaining quality Chinese programs at all levels of K–12 and higher education;
• cutting-edge approaches to teaching that incorporate culture, technology and collaborations; and
• best practices in the classroom leading to high levels of language proficiency and cultural competency.
Visit the conference website to learn more and to register: http://asiasociety.org/national-chinese-language-conference
Source: Asia Society
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