BAAL/CUP Seminar 2016: New plurilingual pathways for integration: Immigrants and language learning in the 21st century. (14th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bermingham, Nicola; Higham, Gwennan
• Is Part Of: Language teaching. Volume 50:Part 2(2017:Apr.)
• Page Start: 294
• Page End: 296
• Publication Date: 2017-03-14
• Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 418.0071
• DOI: 10.1017/S0261444816000422
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0261-4448

Abstract

Abstract : This seminar was held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, on 27 May 2016. It was jointly organised by BAAL members Nicola Bermingham (Heriot-Watt University) and Gwennan Higham (Swansea University) in collaboration with COST Action IS1306 New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe: Opportunities and Challenges, and supported by the Intercultural Research Centre and the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University. Ten papers and two keynote speeches were given. The keynote speakers were Professor Alison Phipps (Glasgow University) and Professor Máiréad Nic Craith (Heriot-Watt University). A round-table discussion was also held, with invited speakers including Ms Mandy Watts from Education Scotland; Professor Bernadette O'Rourke, chair of COST Action IS1306; Dr Cassie Smith Christmas, University of the Highlands and Islands; and Dr Kathryn Jones, Director of Language Policy and Research at the Welsh Centre for Language Planning.