Full Title: Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices 4
Short Title: MMLPP4

Date: 16-Oct-2025 - 17-Oct-2025
Location: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Contact Person: Linda Nordin
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://mmlpp2025.wordpress.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2025

Meeting Description:

The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social, cultural and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. We invite papers in all areas of research in bi-/multilingualism, whether or not linked directly to the overarching conference theme, including, but not limited to, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, clinical linguistics, education, bi-/multilingual societies and multiculturalism.

Call for Papers:

Topics will include:
- (multiple) language acquisition and learning (L3, L4, Lx);
- psycho- and neurolinguistics of multilingualism;
- multilingual education (e.g. translanguaging, CLIL, EMI)
- early bilingualism and heritage language development;
- speech processing in bi-/multilinguals;
- trans/multilingual language use in different contexts;
- intercultural and multilingual communication;
- bi-/multilingual language policies;
- linguistic landscape;
- literacy in multiple languages (pluriliteracy);
- intercultural and globalisation issues related to multilingualism;
- multilingualism and digital media;
- multilingualism in literature and translation.

Proposals
The two categories of proposals are: (1) individual papers, and (2) posters.
Individual papers: Papers are formal presentations on original research by one or more authors, lasting a total of 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). Please note that the time limit will be strictly adhered to.

Posters: Poster sessions are for displaying research that offers the opportunity for individualised, informal discussion of the research. Posters are especially effective for presenting work-in-progress, fieldwork and results of empirical research if data can be presented visually (e.g. charts, graphs, tables). A block of time will be designated when presenters are available to discuss their posters. Posters should be in the size of DIN A1 or A0 in portrait format. There will be a time slot dedicated to poster presentations.

Abstracts should be up to 300 words in length (including references).
The language of the conference is English.

Submission of proposals
Submission is already open and will close on 31 March 2025. Presenters are requested to include their name, affiliation and email address in the submitted MS-Word documents (PDF attachments will be rejected). All proposals should be sent to: [email protected]

Evaluation of proposals
Proposals will be evaluated in terms of quality of content, significance, originality, thematic relevance, and presentation.