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Title: Book: An Introduction to Multilingualism
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An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World
By Florian Coulmas
Published by Oxford University Press
This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world. It begins with an overview of the multiplicity of human languages and their geographic distribution, before moving on to the key question of what multilingualism actually is and what is understood by terms such as 'mother tongue', 'native speaker', and 'speech community'. In the chapters that follow, Florian Coulmas systematically explores multilingualism with respect to the individual, institutions, cities, nations, and cyberspace. In each of these domains, the dynamics of language choice are undergoing changes as a result of economic, political, and cultural forces. Against this background, two chapters discuss the effects of linguistic diversity on the integration and separation of language and society, before a final chapter describes and assesses research methods for investigating multilingualism. Each chapter concludes with problems and questions for discussion, which place the topic in a real-world context.
The book explores where, when, and why multilingualism came to be regarded as a problem, and why it presents a serious challenge for linguistic theory today. It provides the basic tools to analyse different kinds of multilingualism at both the individual and society level, and will be of interest to students of linguistics, sociology, education, and communication studies.
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Source: Oxford University Press
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Title: Book: Strategies of Adaptation in Tourist Communication
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From http://www.brill.com/products/book/strategies-adaptation-tourist-communication
Strategies of Adaptation in Tourist Communication: Linguistic Insights
Edited by Gudrun Held
Published by Brill
The papers in this volume study the relationship between language use and the concept of the "tourist gaze" through a range of communicative practices from different cultures and languages. From a pragmatic perspective, the authors investigate how language constantly adapts to contextual constraints which affect tourism discourse as a strategic meaning-making process that turns insignificant places into desirable tourist destinations. The case studies draw on both, in situ interactions with visitors, such as guided tours and counter information, old and new mediatized genres, i.e. guide books, travelogues, print advertising as well as TV-commercials, service web-sites and apps. Despite the diversity of data, one of the common findings in the volume is that staging the sensory 'lived' tourist experience is the lynchpin of all communicative practices. Hence, the use of tourism language reveals itself as the mirror of how 'people on the move' continuously enact as 'tourists' and 'places' are constructed as must-see 'sights.'
Visit the publisher's website at http://www.brill.com/products/book/strategies-adaptation-tourist-communication
Source: Brill
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Title: Call for Proposals: Second Language Research Forum
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From https://slrf2018.ca/call-for-proposals/a-propos/
Second Language Research Forum 2018:
On the Contribution of Cognitive Science to Second Language Research
October 26-28, 2018
Montréal, Québec, Canada
The organizers welcome but are not limited to submissions in the following areas of research.
- Cognitive and Neurocognitive Approaches to SLA
- Psycholinguistic and Psychological Approaches to SLA
- Sociocultural Approaches to SLA
- Individual Learners Traits and SLA
- Language, Culture, Identity and SLA
- Intercultural Psychology and SLA
- Positive psychology and SLA
- Bilingualism and Multilingualism
- Task-based approaches to SLA
The abstract submission deadline is April 15, 2018.
View the full call for proposals at https://slrf2018.ca/call-for-proposals/a-propos/
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Title: Call for Articles: Russian Language Journal 2018
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From the SEELANGS listserv:
The Russian Language Journal is a bilingual, peer-review journal dedicated to scholarly review of research, resources, symposia, and publications pertinent to the study and teaching of Russian language and culture, as well as comparative and interdisciplinary research in Russian language, culture and the acquisition of Russian as a second language.
The Journal seeks contributions to the 2018 issue (Volumes 67-68).
Those interested are encouraged to submit original research articles electronically to the editor using the email address: rlj@americancouncils.org
Deadline for submission to the 2018 issue is May 1, 2018.
Guidelines for submission are available at http://rlj.americancouncils.org/policies
Kasmeridi, S. [SEELANGS] CALL FOR ARTICLES: Russian Language Journal 2018. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 26 Feb 2018).
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Title: Call for Papers: 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism
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From http://sites.psych.ualberta.ca/ISB12/
The 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB12) will take place at the University of Alberta, Canada, 23 - 28 June, 2019.
The conference theme is "Bilingualism and The Next Generation," which highlights the importance of the next generation in language maintenance and survival on the one hand, and the importance of the next generation of scholars in moving the field forward on the other. Papers that fit within that theme in some way are particularly eagerly solicited. However, ISB12 invites papers in all areas of research in bilingualism and multilingualism (whether linked to the conference theme or not), including but not limited to: linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, applied linguistics, neuropsychology, first and second and third language acquisition, clinical linguistics, language and education, and multilingual societies.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts will be 15 October, 2018.
View the full call for papers at http://sites.psych.ualberta.ca/ISB12/call-for-papers/
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Title: Call for Papers: Pedagogical Conceptualization of Content Knowledge in ESP
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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-374.html
Call for Papers: Volume 5, Number 3 of Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes
Pedagogical Conceptualization of Content Knowledge in ESP
Among the many specificities and challenges of working as an ESP lecturer, one of the greatest and the initial one is for them to abstract pedagogical content knowledge. This critical issue is often under emphasized and under explored in ESP theory and research. This issue of our journal invites submission of papers dealing with how an ESP lecturer who has first gained sufficient insight into domain content knowledge, organizes that knowledge to be presented for instruction, how is that knowledge conceptualized into representative units of discourse, semantic, morphological, grammatical structures, how is thus adequate methodological approach decided upon?
Paper submission deadline is August 31st, 2018.
The full call for papers is available at https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-374.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
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From http://www.sewanee.edu/scss/
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
Charlotte, North Carolina
March 22-24, 2018
For more details go to http://www.sewanee.edu/scss/charlotte-2018/
Source: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
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Title: American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference
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From http://www.aatsp.org
100th Annual AATSP Conference
Salamanca, Spain
June 25-28, 2018
Visit the conference website at http://www.aatsp.org/?page=2018Conference
Source: AATSP
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Title: CAL-WIDA Symposium: Connecting WIDA Spanish Language Development Standards with Practical Tools for Effective Dual Language Classroom Instruction
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From http://www.cal.org/news-and-events/calendar-of-events/cal-wida-symposium-04-18
The Center for Applied Linguistics and WIDA will host a symposium, Connecting WIDA Spanish Language Development Standards with Practical Tools for Effective Dual Language Classroom Instruction, on April 10-11, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. This interactive two-day symposium is designed to promote Spanish language development in a variety of bilingual and dual language settings. Join WIDA's Spanish Language Development Standards with CAL's effective Spanish instruction tools to support emergent bilinguals in your classroom.
For more details go to http://widaespanol.wceps.org/#/April2018
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Title: 2018 STARTALK/NHLRC Teacher Workshop
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From http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/nhlrc/events/startalkworkshop/2018/home
Our sister LRC the National Heritage Language Resource Center, along with STARTALK, is hosting a two-part workshop to help language teachers face the challenge of teaching heritage language (HL) students. The three-week online component opens on June 1, 2018, followed by a five-day face-to-face workshop (June 25-29, 2018 at UCLA). The online assignments focus on identifying and addressing the linguistic gaps in HL students' language, differentiated teaching, and teaching mixed classes. The face-to-face workshop will focus on how to use project-based learning (PBL) as a useful tool in HL instruction. Accepted participants will be required to complete both online assignments and the face-to-face session.
There is no charge for the workshop. A limited number of stipends will cover travel and accommodations for out-of-state participants.
For more information, go to http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/nhlrc/events/startalkworkshop/2018/home
Register at http://forms.international.ucla.edu/ApplicationForm.aspx?Ry9NnXECH0FbaJWatCFqTdAEJVI6cCx-po5Ueku2zds=
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