Academic Program at AILA 2008: Keynotes

The AILA 2008 congress program is complemented by keynotes from renowned researchers from around the globe. The organising committee is proud to announce that Neville Alexander (South Africa), Jim Cummins (Canada), Konrad Ehlich (Germany), Rita Franceschini (Italy), Claire Kramsch (USA), and Shi-xu (China) will hold keynote speeches.

Overview of the keynote presentations 

 

 
Speaker              
 
Title

 
Room

Sunday

18:00-19:00

Neville Alexander

Evolving African approaches to the management of linguistic diversity

CCE  West, Europa

Monday

11:30-12:30
Jim Cummins

The role of multiliteracies pedagogy as a conceptual framework for reversing educational underachievement among minority group students

CCE West, Europa

 

Tuesday

12:00-13:00

Shi-Xu

Reconstructing Eastern Paradigms of Discourse Studies

CCE West, Europa

Wednesday

12:30-13:30

Konrad Ehlich

Modalitäten der Mehrsprachigkeit

CCE West, Europa

Thursday

12:00-13:00

Claire Kramsch

Third Places in Applied Linguistics

CCE West, Europa

Friday

14:30-15:30
Rita Franceschini

Multilinguismo: prospettive per la ricerca / Mehrsprachigkeit: Forschungsperspektiven / Multilingualism: research opportunities

CCE West, Europa

 

To take a closer look at the content of the Keynote speeches take a look at the abstracts of the single presentations.

 

News

  • Newsletter 2008-03
    [03/05/08] AILA 2008 Newsletter 2008-01 (Program / Special Events / Chairing / Registration / Travelling)
  • Newsletter 2007-12
    [12/20/07] Dear Colleagues, This is the fourth AILA 2008 e-Newsletter presenting information and updates on preparations for the 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (August 24-29, 2008 in Essen, Germany). In this issue we would like to inform you of the registration procedure, invite you to act as a session chair, keep you updated on the academic program and send our best wishes for the coming year.
  • Newsletter 2007-03
    [07/25/07] In this issue we would like to inform you of the review process of the submitted proposals, the AILA Solidarity Awards, and give you an outlook on the next newsletter.

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