Call for Papers
The Eighth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism will be held at the University Jaume I of Castelló, Spain, on 13th-15th September 2012. We welcome original and previously unpublished papers on research on the acquisition or use of three or more languages. The language of the conference is predominantly English, but shall also consider contributions in other languages.
Abstracts for parallel session papers and symposia should be sent in English or in the language of presentation accompanied by an English translation.
Individual papers will be assigned 30 minutes slots: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for questions. Themed symposia have 2 hour slots (4 papers): proposers should include the chair's name, participants' names, titles and abstracts for the papers in their symposium after obtaining their agreement to participate.
Abstracts
Please send your abstract (up to 300 words) through 31 January 2012 to L3conferenceCS@gmail.com, providing your name and affiliation on the second page separate.
Topics include multilingualism in relation to:
- acquisition of 3rd, 4th, 5th… languages
- multiple language acquisition in multilingual contexts
- psycholinguistics
- neurolinguistics
- speech processing in multilinguals
- affect (attitudes, emotions)
- multilingual families
- mobility and migration of multilinguals
- multilingual majorities/minorities
- sociolinguistic studies of multilinguals in their communities
- multilingual cultures
- language policies
- educational language policies
- literacy in multiple languages (pluriliteracy)
- multilingualism in educational settings
- standards, assessment and evaluation
- teacher training in multilingual contexts
- higher education
- education and immersion in multiple languages
- languages and globalization
- languages and economics
- translation, interpreting, and mediation