• Bilingualism or Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, and the Professions
• Language Assessment
• Optimal Uses of Technology in the Delivery of English Language Instruction
• Language Teacher Education
• Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education in Schools
• Language Policy and Planning

TIRF is offering two types of DDGs. The first is the Foundation’s long-standing TIRF DDG that is supported by Cam-bridge English Language Assessment and many of our individual donors. The other type of grant offered by TIRF is the TIRF-British Council DDG, which is designed to support doctoral candidates from under-resourced parts of the world and/or doctoral candidates doing research which is likely to lead to the improvement of language education in developing nations. To read more about these two types of DDGs, including eligibility requirements, click here to read the call for proposals.

The meeting will take place at Teachers College, Columbia University (New York City), on October 16-17 (Fri & Sat), 2015

 

Courtney Cazden (Harvard University)

Frederick Erickson (University of California, Los Angeles)

LANSI brings together scholars and students working on naturally-occurring data within the broad area of language and social interaction. In keeping with the LANSI spirit of diversity and dialog, we welcome abstracts from colleagues working on a variety of topics using discourse analytic approaches that include but are not limited to conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and critical discourse analysis. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should include descriptions of the following aspects of the study: (1) problem(s) being addressed; (2) central claim(s); (3) data source(s) and analytic approach(es); (4) a short piece of data to support the main argument; (5) implication(s) of the findings. Please also include a 50-word summary. Abstracts will be blind-reviewed on the basis of clarity, specificity, originality, and the inclusion of the required components. Papers will be presented within a 15 or 20 minute slot with an additional 10 or 5 minutes for discussion.

Deadline for electronic submission is May 30, 2015. Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email by July 15, 2015. For additional information and to submit an abstract, please visit: www.tc.edu/lansi

Questions can be sent to: lansi@tc.columbia.edu

The Study Group on Language at the United Nations in cooperation with The Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems are currently organizing a Symposium on Language and Exclusion. 

The event will take place on May 7th, 2015 at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

First Avenue at 44th Street from 9:15 am - to 5:00 pm