LINGUIST List 31.1181
Fri Mar 27 2020
Confs: Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/United Kingdom
Editor for this issue: Lauren Perkins <laurenlinguistlist.org>
Date: 27-Mar-2020
From: Anne-Helene Halbout <meits
mml.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Languages and Well-being: The Well-being of Languages
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Date: 26-Jun-2020 - 26-Jun-2020
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Contact: Anne-Helene Halbout
Contact Email:
< click here to access email > Meeting URL:
http://www.meits.org/events/event/languages-and-well-being-the-well-being-of-languages
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics
Meeting Description:
***We regret that, on account of Covid-19, this event has had to be cancelled. We will inform you of any alternative plans for the event as we develop them.***
Original Conference Description:
MEITS final conference, Languages and Well-being: The Well-being of Languages, will be hosted at Buckingham House, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Registration will be available on-site.
Original Conference Program:
10:00 – 10:20
Registrations (Foyer)
10.20 – 10:30
Introduction and welcome Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Cambridge, PI MEITS (Lecture Theatre)
10:30 – 11:30
Culture, conflict and space (Lecture Theatre)
A discussion, chaired by Henriette Hendriks (Cambridge), exploring work on:
Arts of identity: literature, cinema, culture and citizenship in a globalizing Europe
Language standards, norms and variation in multilingual contexts
Multilingualism, identity, diversity and social cohesion
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee & Tea (Foyer)
11:45 – 12:30
Responses from Prof Nick Harrison (King’s London) and Prof Sally Faulkner (Exeter) and discussion (Lecture Theatre)
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch (Foyer)
13:15 – 14:15
Empowering individuals (Lecture Theatre)
A discussion, chaired by Janice Carruthers (QUB), exploring work on:
Multilingual identity and foreign language learning
Language learning across the lifespan
Multilingualism, motivation, health and well-being
14:15 – 15:00
Responses from Prof Li Wei (UCL) and Prof Rebecca Braun (Lancaster) and discussion (Lecture Theatre)
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee & Tea (Foyer)
15:20 – 16:20
The well-being of languages (Lecture Theatre)
Round-table discussion looking at future directions for research in Modern Languages, chaired by Wendy Ayres-Bennett, with contributions from members of MEITS and Prof Kate Astbury (Warwick), Dr Sarah Dodd (Leeds), Dr Henriette Louwerse (Sheffield), Dr Deborah Madden (Manchester) and Dr Helena Miguelez-Carballeira (Bangor)
16:20 – 16:30
Concluding reflections (Lecture Theatre)
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