Summer School on Linguistic Policy, Linguistic Planning and Evaluation (LPLPE17)

31 July – August 4 2017

University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

The Institute of Linguistic Research (INIL) of the University of Costa Rica, in collaboration with the Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) (https://www.esperantic.org/en/home/), invites you to the Summer School on Linguistic Policy, Linguistic Planning and Evaluation (PLPLE), which aims to open an international space for discussion on Linguistic Policy and Linguistic Planning.  The Summer School will consist of the description and analysis of the fundamental concepts of Linguistic Policy, Linguistic Planning and Linguistic Policy Evaluation, as well as its objectives and methods. During the four sessions of the Summer School, the exponents will refer to specific cases that they have investigated. Of the four sessions, three of them will be held in English and one in Spanish. At the same time, there will be a series of lectures related to the Summer School topics.

For more information: http://inil.ucr.ac.cr/lplpe17-en/

 

UK Language Policy after Brexit 2017: The influence of devolution

21 September 2017

Aberystwyth University, UK

Following on from the inaugural UKLPAB conference in 2016, the theme of this year’s meeting will be devolution and the extent of policy variation post-Brexit. What will be the significance of Brexit for language policies adopted by UK nations?

Potential themes could include:

  • Will Brexit be significant for strategies and policies adopted by UK nations to promote minority languages and signed languages?
  • Given that education is devolved, how might the teaching of modern foreign languages be approached differently across the UK?
  • How might overarching macro-economic changes brought about by Brexit influence language policies, including those of broadcasters and health bodies?

The event is free. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

For more information: https://sites.google.com/view/uklpab/2017

 

Symposium on the Politics of Language Policy at the Local Level

22 September 2017; Deadline for submissions: Friday 14th July 2017

SOAS University of London, UK

Language Policy is highly political and often controversial, with official top-down policy criticized by scholars for serving dominant political interests and reproducing unequal power relations. This one-day symposium aims to move the discussion forwards by treating Language Policy as a dynamic socio-cultural process.

For more information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/events/22sep2017-symposium-on-the-politics-of-language-policy-at-the-local-level.html

 

International Colloquium on “Language Skills for Economic and Social Inclusion”

12-13 October 2017

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

This conference aims at exploring the relationship between individual language skills and people’s integration in the economy and in society in general with a special focus on the labour market. Language skills can be viewed as human capital having a positive influence on people’s income, employability and social inclusion. This holds for immigrants, refugees and mobile people who can benefit from the knowledge of the official language(s) of the host country, but also for citizens learning foreign languages and using them in the workplace. Papers will be accepted in English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Swedish.

For more information: https://www.projekte.hu-berlin.de/en/okonomie-und-sprache/conferences/upcoming?set_language=en

 

 

Comments are closed