INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE POLICY IN MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL SETTINGS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE POLICY IN MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL SETTINGS 

Date: 8-11 February, 2016

Venue: Mandalay University                                                                                                                                                      

As part of the UNICEF/University of Melbourne Language, Education and Social Cohesion project, a major International conference on language policy in multicultural and multilingual settings is being held at the University of Mandalay, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar on February 8-11, 2016. The focus of the LESC Initiative has been a nation-wide process of language policy development. Since 2013 facilitated dialogues have taken place across The Republic of the Union of Myanmar to build a peace-promoting multilingual national policy which will be a key focus of discussion at the Mandalay Conference.   

The organisers invite scholars, practitioners, language and cultural groups, school and university planners to submit abstracts on multilingual education, language policy, social cohesion, and peacebuilding themes to participate in this inaugural conference. The organisers look forward to your participation in this exciting opportunity to deepen understanding, share experiences and discuss progress in language policy and multilingual education. Distinguished international and local speakers will present papers on critical issues and developments.  Official representatives from across Southeast Asia will report on the state of multilingual education and language policy in diverse countries.  In addition to the plenary speakers, the conference invites local actors including advocacy representatives, government officials, teachers, community members, and academics to present on any aspect of multilingual language policy and its implications in Southeast Asia and more widely.

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