"Multilingual Theory and Practice in Applied Linguistics" - BAAL 2012

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REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON 21 MAY 2012

The 45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) will be addressing the multilingual theory and practice in applied linguistics.

The conference is being organised by the Centre for Applied Language Research, University of Southampton and Modern Languages, University of Southampton.

Plenary Speakers :

Kingsley Bolton, City University of Hong Kong
Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Rosemarie Tracy, University of Mannheim, Germany

Invited Colloquia :

Language development of bilingual / heritage speakers
Led by Professor Virginia Gathercole, Bangor University

• The development of multilingual competence in Basque, Spanish and English
  Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country
• Language development in sequential bilingual children : A cross-linguistic study
  Theo Marinis, University of Reading
• Effects of language exposure in the grammatical development of bilinguals
  Rocío Pérez Tattam, Bangor University
• Applying processability theory to the development of two languages
  Gisela Håkansson, Lund University
• Emergentism and the construction of a system incorporating two languages
  Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Bangor University

Multilingualism in the Community : promoting a community-based approach to research on linguistic diversity and contact
Led by Professor Li Wei, Birkbeck College, University of London

• The impact of linguistic super-diversity in the urban workplace on language practices and policy : a study of the City of Southampton
  Clare Mar-Molinero and Linda Cadier, University of Southampton
• Heteroglossia in a Panjabi complementary school : a critque of 'community'
  Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge and Jaspreet Kaur Takhi
• Visions of community : How does bilingual education contribute to shaping views of society?
  Gabriele Budach
• 70 years on : A community at the crossroads? Language shift in London's Cypriot Speech Communities
  Tözün Issa
• If i could I would be back to Greek School : Doing collaborative ethnography in multilingual community-based sites of learning and socialisation
  Vally Lyta
• Complementary Schools in Action : netowrking for language development in east London
  Raymonde Sneddon
• Researching funds of knowledge with familites, pupils and teachers in a multilingual city in the north of England
  Jean Conteh and Saiqa Riasat
• On Not Taking Language Inequality for Granted : Hymesian Traces in an Ethnographic Monitoring of South Africa's Multilingual Language Policy
  Nancy Hornberger
• Unimodal bilingualism in the Australian Deaf community : language contact between Australian Sign Language and Australian Irish Sign Language
  Robert Adam
• Discussants
  Nancy Hornberger and Ofelia Garcia

Current theory and practice in translation and interpreting
Led by Prof Jeremy Munday, University of Leeds

• Details of speakers to follow shortly

BAAL SIGs :

UK Linguistic Ethnography Forum
Corpus Linguistics
Gender and Language
Intercultural Communication
Language in Africa
Language Learning and Teaching
Psycholinguistics
Testing, Evaluation and Assessment
Vocabulary studies
Multimodality

Abstracts and submission guidelines :

CALL FOR PAPERS NOW CLOSED - Reviewing in process

Scholarships :

BAAL offers five full conference scholarships (for students or early career researchers, with the latter defined as being within 2 years of PhD completion), one of which is the Chris Brumfit scholarship for international delegates .  The scholarship winners will have their registration, accommodation and travel paid for.    Candidates wishing to apply for the scholarships should submit an abstract via conftool and then complete one of the application forms below explaining why you are applying and load the word document into conftool with your abstract submission. 

UK Scholarship application form
International Scholarship application form

Registration :

Registration will open on Monday 21 May 2012.

Bookfair and sponsorships :

To discuss sponsorship, please contact Dr Alasdair Archibald. 

Research Centres :

Centre for Applied Language Research, University of Southampton
Centre for Global Englishes, University of Southampton
Centre for Transnational Studies, University of Southampton

Conference Organisers :

Prof Rosamond Mitchell, University of Southampton
Dr Alasdair Archibald, University of Southampton

Conference support :

If you have any queries, please email the conference team at : Baal2012@soton.ac.uk

BAAL membership :

For information on how to join BAAL, please click here

Fees

Coming soon - online registration

EARLY BIRD RATES (deadline of Friday 20 July 2012)

• Full member registration fee : £230
• Full member student registration fee : £135
• Full non member registration fee : £290
• Full non member student registration fee : £155

STANDARD RATES

• Full member registration fee : £290
• Full member student registration fee : £190
• Full non member registration fee : £340
• Full non member student registration fee : £210

DAY RATES

• Thursday 6 Sept 2012 Full member registration fee : £85
• Thursday 6 Sept 2012 Full member student registration fee : £60
• Thursday 6 Sept 2012 Full non member registration fee : £100
• Thursday 6 Sept 2012 Full non member student registration fee : £80

• Friday 7 Sept 2012 Full member registration fee : £140
• Friday 7 Sept 2012 Full member student registration fee : £95
• Friday 7 Sept 2012 Full non member registration fee : £170
• Friday 7 Sept 2012 Full non member student registration fee : £115

• Saturday 8 Sept 2012 Full member registration fee : £60
• Saturday 8 Sept 2012 Full member student registration fee : £50
• Saturday 8 Sept 2012 Full non member registration fee : £70
• Saturday 8 Sept 2012 Full non member student registration fee : £70

CONFERENCE DINNER

• Fee : £45

ACCOMMODATION

• Residential ensuite : £100 (two nights 6th and 7th September 2012)
• Residential standard : £80 (two nights 6th and 7th September 2012)

Please note that cancellation charges will apply.

Cancellations must be made in writing to Sue Nash, Modern Languages, University of Southampton. 

• Cancellations made 2 months (up to and including Thursday 5 July 2012) before the conference will receive a full refund minus £30 admin fee. 
• Cancellations made between 3 weeks and 2 months (between Friday 6 July 2012 and Wednesday 15 August 2012) before the conference will receive a refund of 50% of the registration fee minus £30 admin fee. 
• Cancellations made under 3 weeks (from Thursday 16 August 2012 onwards) before the conference will not receive a refund.