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BAAL/CUP Seminar 2016: New plurilingual pathways for integration: Immigrants and language learning in the 21st century

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Language Teaching, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 294 - 296

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DOI (Published version): 10.1017/S0261444816000422

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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 Ch...

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Published in: Language Teaching
Published: 2017
Online Access: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching/article/div-classtitlebaalcup-seminar-2016-new-plurilingual-pathways-for-integration-immigrants-and-language-learning-in-the-21st-centurydiv/713BD8F062B000B331C4F7B5FAA16C61
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35987
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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.
Keywords: language learning, immigrants, integration, new speakers, plurilingual
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 2
Start Page: 294
End Page: 296