Conference
Language Ideologies and Media Discourse:
Texts, Practices, Policies
An international conference to be held at the University of Leeds
Monday 3 – Wednesday 5 September 2007
Keynote Speakers:
- Richard Bauman (Indiana University)
- Jan Blommaert (University of Ghent/Institute of Education, London)
- Monica Heller (OISE, Toronto)
- Adam Jaworski (University of Cardiff)
Following on from the first ‘Language in the Media’ conference in 2005 and the subsequent formation of an AILA Specialist Research Network, we are pleased to announce a second conference to be held at the University of Leeds with a focus on ‘language ideologies and media discourse’.
Topics for papers will include:
- Standard languages and language standards
- Literacy policy and literacy practices
- Language acquisition and language teaching
- Multilingualism and cross-cultural communication
- Language and education
- Language issues in relation to class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, life-cycle, and disability
- Language and technology
- Language and globalization
- Language and communication in professional contexts
- Political discourse
- Representations of speech, thought and writing in media discourse.
Information available:
Click here for pictures of the conference.
Sally Johnson |
Tommaso M. Milani |
Participants might like to note that the 40th Annual Meeting of the ‘British Association for Applied Linguistics’ (BAAL) will take place at the University of Edinburgh from Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 September 2007. (There are fast and direct train connections from Leeds to Edinburgh.)
We would like to thank the Arts & Humanities Research Council for providing financial support for this conference as part of the research project “Whose Voices? Language Ideological Debates on the Interactive Website of the BBC Voices Project” (ref. AH/E509002/1) led by Sally Johnson and Clive Upton.
The AHRC funds postgraduate training and research in the arts and humanities, from archaeology and English literature to design and dance. The quality and range of research supported not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK.