SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE 2025
SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE 2025
MAY 29
| S. Daukanto Str. 28, 2nd Floor |
8:30-9:00 Registration
| S. Daukanto Str. 28, Senate Hall |
9:00-9:15 Conference opening
9:15-10:15
Plenary session I Prof. Dr. Dr. Ghil‘ad Zuckermann
Language Reclamation And Cross-Fertilization: The Emergence Of A "Revival Language" Called Israeli
| S. Daukanto Str. 28, 2nd Floor |
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
| S. Daukanto Str. 28, Senate Hall |
10:45-11:45
Plenary session II Dr. Karina Firkavičiūtė
Karaim Language. Challenges To Survive
11:45-12:45
Plenary session III Johan Sandberg McGuinne
From Stoere Vaerie to Ubmejen jiännuo - Traditional Yoiking as a Tool in Saami Language Revitalisation
12:45-14:00 Lunch break (free time)
| K. Donelaičio Str. 52 |
14:00-15:40 Parallel presentation sessions:
Language Policy Implementation | 303
Language Preservation, Revitalisation and Revival | 305
Plurilingual Competence Development and Assessment | 402
Innovative and Technology-based Approaches to Language Education | 302
Contemporary Latvian Language Studies | 301
Contemporary Spanish Language Studies | 418
15:40-16:10 Coffee break | 2nd Floor Foyer |
16:10-17:25 Parallel presentation sessions:
Multilingual Issues in Translation and Interpreting | 203
Language Teacher Professional Competence Development | 303
Language Preservation, Revitalization, and Revival | 305
Plurilingual Competence Development and Assessment | 402
Contemporary Ukrainian Language Studies | 301
16:10-17:30 Round table discussion | 302
From Policy to Practice: University Alliances and Plurilingualism
| K. Donelaičio Str. 52, 1st Floor Foyer |
18:00-20:00 Reception
MAY 30
| S. Daukanto Str.28, Great Hall Foyer |
9:00-10:00 Morning coffee and poster session
| S. Daukanto Str. 28, Senate Hall |
10:00-11:00
Plenary session IV Prof. Dr. Jūratė Ruzaitė
These Are Not Just Words: Hate Speech, Propaganda, and Novel Words For Old Prejudices
11:00-12:00
Plenary session V Prof. Dr. John W. Schwieter
The Bilingual Mental Lexicon, Language Switching, and Cognitive Effects
12:00-13:30 Lunch break (free time)
| K. Donelaičio Str. 52 |
13:30-14:45 Parallel presentation sessions:
Innovative and Technology-based Approaches to Language Education | 403
Multilingual Issues in Literature | 301
Plurilingual Competence Development and Assessment | 402
Multilingual Issues in Translation and Interpreting | 302
Contemporary Spanish Language Studies | 418
Contemporary Lithuanian Language Studies | 404
Contemporary German Language Studies | 406
14:45-15:15 Coffee break | 2nd Floor Foyer |
15:15-16:55 Parallel presentation sessions:
Contemporary Lithuanian Language Studies | 404
Contemporary French Language Studies | 212
Contemporary German Language Studies | 406
Contemporary Spanish Language Studies | 418
15:15-16:45 Workshop | 302
A Toast to Multilingualism: Brewing Ideas, Stirring Dialogue
Negin Arabi, Verband binationler Familien und Partnerschaften e.V.
17:00-19:00 Walk in Kaunas with a local | 1st Floor Foyer |
MAY 31
| K. Donelaičio Str. 52, 1st Floor Foyer |
8:45-19:00 Trip to Dzūkija
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