Call for Papers
The English language in Europe: debates and discourses.
Sheffield, 25-27 March 2012
This is the first conference in a series of five hosted by the Leverhulme international network project, English in Europe: Opportunity or Threat? The aim of this opening conference is to gain a comparative understanding of the debates surrounding the role and status of English in Europe today. Topics will include, but not be limited to:
- The teaching of English
- Language policy and language management (including language education policy)
- Language attitudes
- Media discourses on English
- Discourses of English as a lingua franca and global language
- English and globalisation
- English language hegemony and language diversity
- English and language rights
- Comparison with other areas of the world
This conference will set the agenda for the subsequent conferences of the project, and a selection of the papers will be published as a journal special issue. Keynote speakers include David Block (Institute of Education) and Sue Wright (University of Portsmouth).
Proposals are now sought for papers of 30 minutes in length, or for posters, on any of the topics listed above or other topics related to the conference theme. Proposals should include the title of the paper / poster, the name and contact details of the author(s) and an abstract of less than 500 words. They should be sent to Andrew Linnno later than 9 December 2011, and you will be informed of the outcome by mid-January 2012. The final date for booking a place on the conference is 10 February 2012.