LINGUIST List 26.1434
Sat Mar 14 2015
Calls: Applied Linguistics/Peru
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Mar-2015
From: María Blume <mblume
pucp.pe>
Subject: 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America
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Short Title: BilingLatAm VI
Date: 12-Aug-2015 - 15-Aug-2015
Location: Lima, Peru
Contact Person: Maria Blume
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email >
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Call Deadline: 16-Apr-2015
Meeting Description:
The 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America seeks to promote the exchange of knowledge about bilingualism and bilingual education among researchers that work on majority and minority languages in Latin America. The event will focus on showing the complexity of bilingualism and multilingualism, from sociocultural, cognitive, and pedagogical perspectives. We also wish to highlight the theoretical, methodological, and educational challenges that arise in new contexts in which bilingual practices develop.
Keynote Speakers:
- Ellen Bialystok, York University
- José Ribamar Bessa Freire, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Inge Sichra, Programa de Formación en EIB para los Países Andinos, Cochabamba
- Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania
- Virginia Zavala, Pontificia Universidad Católica
Dates:
Thursday, August 13-Saturday August 15, 2015.
Pre-symposium workshops: Wednesday, August 12, 2015.
Where: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
Registration and lodging information now available:
- To register for workshops please go to Workshops
- To register for the Symposiun please go to Prices and Registration.
- For lodging information, please go to Current Meeting and then Lodging
2nd Call for Papers:
6th International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America-Bilinglatam VI
Please read carefully since some information has changed.
Topics:
1. Different developments in bilingualism
2. Bilingualism, language contact and identities
3. Educational challenges of bilingualism
4. Language policies and ideologies about bilingualism
5. Benefits and challenges of bilingualism
Reviewers:
1. Cristina Banfi, Ministerio de Educación del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
2. Luis Enrique López, Indiana University
3. Mario López, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca
4. Anne Marie Truscott de Mejía, Centro de Investigación y Formación en Educación, Universidad de los Andes
5. Amparo Clavijo, Universidad Distrital, Bogotá
6. Miguel Farías, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
7. Fernanda Liberali, Universidad Católica de São Paulo
8. Iliana Reyes, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México
9. Dina Castro, University of North Texas
10. Liliana Sánchez, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
11. Luis Andrade, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
12. Roger Gonzalo, PUCP
13. Félix Julca, PUCP
14. Susana Rodríguez, PUCP
15. Virginia Zavala, PUCP
16. María Blume, PUCP
Individual Presentations:
20 minutes for individual presentations in three-speaker tables. 15 minutes for questions for all speakers in a session.
Colloquia:
The same format as for individual presentations but with a moderator that guides the final discussion. The members of the panel should send an individual abstract and indicate under the title of the abstract the name of the panel in which their presentation should be included.
Official languages
Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish will be provided for keynote sessions.
Deadline for the reception of abstracts Monday April 13, 2015.
Notification of acceptance Monday, May 11, 2015.
Abstracts should be anonymous, no more than 500 words long, and include enough detail to allow reviewers to judge their academic merits. Abstracts should be uploaded on our website.
[We have been having technical/administrative problems to set our website. We expect these issues to be resolved really soon, and we will send another announcement as soon as we solve our technical glitches.]
Contact: simposio-bilinguismo
pucp.pe
Page Updated: 14-Mar-2015