Conference: Translanguaging in the Individual, at School and in Society
Welcome to the 3rd Swedish Translanguaging Conference, at Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden!
Translanguaging in the Individual, at School and in Society
The 3rd Swedish conference on Translanguaging, TL2019, takes place at Linnæus University, Växjö, on 11-12 April, 2019.
The conference provides a venue for research on Translanguaging in local as well as international contexts. Within the general themes of migration and globalization, the conference focuses on linguistic diversity in schools and in society, multilingual literacy development, and learning through the use of multilingual repertoires.
The conference theme – Translanguaging in the Individual, at School and in Society – invites research on Translanguaging in individuals, in different educational contexts and in society at large.
The conference welcomes researchers, post-graduate students, teacher educators, teachers and as well anyone with an interest in multilingualism in diverse contexts.
Call for Papers
Translanguaging in the Individual, at School and in Society
Educational Linguistics, Linnaeus University, April 11-12, 2019.
We welcome both suggestions for colloquium and for paper presentations. Please submit either a colloquium proposal of 600-900 words or a 300-word abstract for a paper presentation by September 30, 2018. Colloquium proposals should contain both a short description of the focus of the colloquium and the 3-4 abstracts that make up the content. The official conference languages are Swedish and English, and we welcome submissions for both individual papers and panels in these languages, as well as in Norwegian an Danish.
All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out no later than December 15, 2018.
Presentations will be for 20 minutes plus a 10-minute discussion time/change of rooms.
Contact
Please contact us by e-mail to TL2019@lnu.se.
Organizing committee:
Päivi Juvonen, Dept of Swedish
Marie Källkvist, Dept of English
Gudrun Svensson, Dept of Swedish
Ann-Christin Torpsten, Dept of Education
Keynote Speakers
Confirmed keynote speakers
Click the name for more personal information and abstract title for the abstract itself.
Jim Cummins,
University of Toronto, Canada
Nancy Hornberger
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Anne Pitkänen-Huhta
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Gudrun Svensson
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Programme and Abstracts
Conference programme for download:
The Third Swedish Translanguaging Conference Abstracts.pdf
Please note that the book of abstracts will be available electronically only.
Publication (NEW)
We are planning two peer-reviewed book publications, one in English with an international publisher, and one in Swedish and other Scandinavian languages with a publisher in Sweden. Further information will be provided at the conference. Deadline for extended 600 word abstracts will be approximately one month after the conference.
Scientific Programme Committee
Monica Axelsson, Aina Bigestans, Una Cunningham, Henrik Gyllstad, Christina Hedman, Gisela Håkansson, Britt Jakobson, Carla Jonsson, Päivi Juvonen, Marie Källkvist, Camilla Lindahl, Birgitta Ljung Egeland, Berit Lundgren, Pia Nygård Larsson, Shirley Näslund, BethAnne Paulsrud, Jenny Rosén, Erica Sandlund, Andrea Schalley, Philip Shaw, Karin Sheiki, Frida Splendido, Oliver St John, Boglárka Strazer, Pia Sundqvist, Gudrun Svensson, Ann-Christin Torpsten, Jeanette Toth, Anne Reath Warren and Åsa Wedin.