Call for Proposal: LANGUAGES, CULTURES, IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY

The CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the 3rd INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON LANGUAGES, CULTURES, IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY, which will be held in SORIA, SPAIN, JULY 5-7, 2017, is now open. The DEADLINE for submissions (IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH) is JANUARY 31, 2017.
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The Colloquium, organized by the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, revolves around the following topics:
-Individual, school, and societal bilingualism/multilingualism-related issues
-Multi/Transculturalism-related issues in families, schools, and society
-Impact of bi/multilingualism on individuals’ and societies’ language, culture, identity
-Impact of multi/transculturalism on individuals’ and societies’ language, culture, identity
-Language ideologies, policies, and practices
-Promotion, maintenance, and development of minority and heritage languages
-Impact of language loss on individuals’ perception of culture and identity
-Implementation / Outcomes of immersion, transitional, and two-way bilingual programs
-Use of students’ native languages in the classroom
-Code switching, Code mixing, and Translanguaging
-Creation and use of Pidgins and Creoles
-Idioglossia
-Sign languages (International, American, Nicaraguan,…)
-Linguistic landscape
-Impact of immigration on families and individuals
-Language brokers
-Generation 1.5
-Third Culture Kids, Adult Third Culture Kids, Cross-Cultural Kids, and Global nomads
-Kaigai-shijo and Kikoku-shijo
-Military brats, missionary kids, and borderlanders
-Education of refugees, newcomers, and international orphans and adoptees
-Ethnic and cultural identity issues
-Ethnic and cultural differences between teachers and students
-Other pertinent topics per the Organizing Committee
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Please follow this link (in English and in Spanish) to see the details of the call.