The 6th International Conference SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM 2021
June 4-5, 2021
The Institute of Foreign Languages of Vytautas Magnus University and the Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania cordially invite you to the SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM conference, which will be held online.
The conference aims to provide a common platform for researchers, language policy makers, language teachers, students, and anyone interested in discussing and sharing their expertise in the key issues of multilingualism, including but not limited to:
· Language policy implementation (regional, national, institutional levels)
· Language preservation, revitalization, linguistic human rights
· Less widely spoken & taught languages
· Minority & regional languages
· Psycholinguistic perspectives of multilingualism
· Contemporary Lithuanian language studies
· Issues in translation and interpreting
· Virtual language teaching & learning
· Innovations in classroom language teaching & learning
· Plurilingual approach to language teaching & learning
· Linguistically sensitive teaching
· Content and Language Integrated Learning
· Intercultural communication in language teaching & learning
· Teaching and learning mediation competences
· Formative assessment
· Language teacher professional competence development
Conference languages: English & Lithuanian
Presentation session languages: English, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish
Registration & abstract submission by April 1, extension of deadline – April 20
Notification of acceptance within 2 weeks
As the conference will be held entirely online, the fees have been reduced by 50%.
Participation fee shall be transferred to Vytautas Magnus University account:
BANK NAME: AB SEB bank, SWIFT Code: CBVILT2X
ACCOUNT NUMBER: LT04 7044 0600 0284 8625
PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: SM2021 Conference fee
· Abstract Guidelines
· Requirements for virtual & poster presentations
· Accepted abstracts will be published in the online conference Book of Abstracts with ISBN
· A full article may be submitted to the journal SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM, which is indexed in Scopus. Manuscripts are accepted all year round.