Sustainable Multilingualism 2019
International Scientific Conference
24-25 May, 2019
Kaunas, Lithuania
Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) of Vytautas Magnus University,
in cooperation with
Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania (LKPA),
organised
the 5th VMU IFL and the 13th LKPA international conference "Sustainable Multilingualism 2019"
The conference aims at bringing together scholars and language education professionals to share their research insights and discuss the issues relevant to the development of individual and societal multilingualism, including language policy, linguistic human rights, plurilingual pedagogy and language education in higher education.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. JAMES PATRICK CUMMINS
University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Prof. EGIDIJUS ALEKSANDRAVIČIUS
Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
WORKSHOP
Prof. MERCÈ BERNAUS QUERALT
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
"The workshops offer tailored support to different educational stakeholders, including teachers, teacher educators, administrators and school leaders, on how best to develop learners’ competences in the language/s of schooling, whilst valuing all children’s home languages and drawing on these languages as a rich resource for learning” (European Center for Modern Languages, ECML)
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Submissions are welcome in (not limited to) the following areas:
- Language policy
- Less widely taught languages
- Issues in minority language education
- Language teaching methodology in multilingual and multicultural environment
- Cultural challenges
- Challenges for Identity
- Multilingualism for business and in business
- Multilingualism and educational mobility
- Non-formal and informal development of plurilingual competence
- Innovations in language education
- Content and Language Integrated Learning
- Plurilingual pedagogies and language sensitive teaching
- Literature and multilingualism
- Issues in translation in multilingual environment
5 REASONS TO ATTEND OUR CONFERENCE
- Meet in person world-known researchers in linguistic human rights and outstanding language policy researchers and developers
- Share your research insights within international community
- Discuss current issues of multilingualism with members of international community
- Strengthen the existing and establish new partnerships in the international research and education community
- Visit Lithuania – one of the three Baltic states, the country where the oldest surviving Indo-European language is spoken
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & REGISTRATION
You are invited to contribute and submit your abstracts in both formats:
- In person: oral or poster presentations.
- Virtually: if you cannot attend in person.
Deadline for registration and abstract submission: -
Notification of acceptance: -
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
Official languages of the conference - Lithuanian & English
Presentation languages - Lithuanian, English, Spanish, French, German, Russian & Latvian
CONFERENCE FEES
Participation fee (conference packet, coffee-breaks, lunch, free Wi-Fi):
Fee for oral presentation (per participant):
- Early payment: 19 February – 18 March 2019 – 80 €
- Standard payment: 19 March – 18 May 2019 – 100 €
- Late payment: 19 May – 23 May 2019 – 120 €
Fee for virtual presentation (without attending the conference in person; per presentation): 60 €
Fee for attending the conference without presentation: 30 €
Discounts:
- Members of Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania and Students: 50% discount
- VMU academic staff, VMU students & members of Scientific and Organizing Committees: 100% discount
Social program: 50 € (Kaunas sightseeing tour – 15 €, reception dinner – 35 €)
Payment on site is not allowed.
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:
SM 2019 Conference fee
PUBLICATIONS
All abstracts will be published in an online book of abstracts with an ISBN number.
The selected papers will be published in the international scientific journal Sustainable Multilingualism, indexed in MLA.
Since 2017, Sustainable Multilingualism is published by SCIENDO (former De Gryuter Open).
Print copy: ISSN 2335-2019; Online copy: ISSN 2335-2027
Authors of accepted conference contributions may submit their full papers to be considered for publication in the 15th issue of Sustainable Multilingualism, November 2019. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 1 July, 2019.
Journal website:
University’s Requisites
Vytautas Magnus University
K. Donelaičio g. 58, LT-44248 Kaunas, Lithuania
Phone+370 37 222 739
E-mailinfo@vdu.lt
Company code: 111950396 in the Register of Legal Entities
Banking information: SEB Bank
Account nr.: LT 04 7044 0600 0284 8625
Bank address: Gedimino pr. 12, 01103 Vilnius, Lithuania
Bank code: 70440
Company code: 112021238 in the Register of Legal Entities
SWIFT: CBVILT2X