The 7th International Conference SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM 2023
June 9-10, 2023
Vytautas Magnus University Institute of Foreign Languages and Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania cordially invite you to the SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM conference which will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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:
Multilingualism in Society
o Language policy implementation (regional, national, institutional levels)
o Language preservation, revitalization, and revival
o Linguistic human rights
o Language and identity
o Bilingualism and heritage language development
o Intercultural and globalization issues related to multilingualism
o Psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics of multilingualism
Language Education and Plurilingual Competence Development
o Multiple language acquisition (L3, L4, L5, Lx)
o Plurilingual approaches to language teaching & learning
o Linguistically sensitive teaching
o Technology-based, virtual, (online, distant, blended) language teaching & learning
o Teaching and learning mediation competences
o Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
o Issues in assessment of plurilingual competences
o Language teacher professional competence development
Multilingualism and Professional Practice
o Multilingual issues in translation and interpreting
o Multilingual issues in literature
o Multilingualism in corporate and other public discourses
Contemporary Lithuanian Language Studies
Conference languages: English & Lithuanian
Presentation session languages: English, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Registration & abstract submission by March 1 by April 10
Notification of acceptance within 2 weeks, by March 15 (by April 15)
General payment: 100 Eur
Early bird payment by April 1: 85 Eur
For participants without presentation and co-authors: 35 Eur
For virtual presenters: 60 Eur
50 % discount granted for LKPA members (become a member)
75 % discount granted for VMU alumni
Fee waived for VMU staff and students
Participation fee shall be transferred to Vytautas Magnus University account:
BANK NAME: AB SEB bank, SWIFT Code: CBVILT2X
ACCOUNT NUMBER: LT91 7044 0600 0310 5370
PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: SM2023 Conference fee
Abstract Guidelines. Accepted abstracts will be published in the online conference Book of Abstracts with ISBN.
Requirements for oral & poster presentations.
Requirements for virtual presentations.
We invite you to submit a full (unpublished, original) article to the journal SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM. Articles based on research in education are invited to be submitted to the journal PEDAGOGY. Both journals are indexed in SCOPUS. Manuscripts are accepted all year round.