LINGUIST List 23.132 Sat Jan 07 2012 Confs: English, Language Habitats, Multilingual Regions/Germany Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Gerhard Leitner , English in Asia and Europe's Asia Competence Message 1: English in Asia and Europe's Asia Competence Date: 06-Jan-2012 From: Gerhard Leitner <gerhard.leitnerfu-berlin.de> Subject: English in Asia and Europe's Asia Competence E-mail this message to a friend English in Asia and Europe's Asia Competence Short Title: Eng-in-Asia Date: 09-May-2012 - 12-May-2012 Location: Berlin, Germany Contact: Gerhard Leitner Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/v/english_in_asia/index.html Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English Other Specialty: Language Habitats, Multilingual Regions Meeting Description: The future of English as a world language has much to do with its status and use in Asia. The largest number of users of English comes from Asia and seems to be growing. English is deeply embedded in Asia’s multilingual languages habitats and functions as a (first or second) official language, a foreign language or a lingua franca. It is an icon of social transformation processes in multilingual nations and regions. As nation-building, globalization, and large regional bodies are making significant demands on modernizing traditional societies, communication and English gain a central role in mediating change. Particular demands are made of the institutions in education including professional formation. Addressing these themes, this conference will highlight inter- and multidisciplinary research of language disciplines, of history, and politics and encourage a deeper cooperation between researchers and academic institutions in Asia and Europe. It will raise issues of special concern to Germany and Europe to develop an Asia competence from a language and communicational perspective. To follow Invited Speakers: - Kirkpatrick, Andrew, Prof. Dr., Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia - Azirah Hashim, Prof. Dr., University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Gu Yueguo, Prof. Dr., Dr. h.c., University of Foreign Languages, Beijing, China - Tariq Rahman, Prof. Dr., Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan - Pramod Pandey, Prof. Dr., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India - Ee-Ling Low, Associate Prof. Dr., National Institute of Education, Singapore - Schneider, Edgar, Prof. Dr., Universität Regensburg, Germany - Mair, Christian, Prof. Dr., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br. - Hüning, Matthias, Prof. Dr., Freie Universität Berlin, Germany - Reich, Ulrich, Prof. Dr., Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Jan-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.