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Level C1 CEFR Testing - DEADLINE TO REGISTER MAY 18, 2012 - Register here!
This internationally recognized exam for study and employment purposes is for you if you can:
· understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning.
· express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
· use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
· produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects.
Interdisciplinary Fall Semester Block Week Course
LANG 599 / 699: "Multilingualism Today" (September 4-8, 2012)
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to register for this course that explores current research into multilingualism and its practical implications. Students will engage with real-world data. Experts and topics include:
- François Grin (University of Geneva): The economic theory of value and policy analysis
- Ingrid Gogolin (University of Hamburg): Linguistic diversity and education
- Elana Shohamy (University of Tel Aviv): Language planning
- Peter Siemund (University of Hamburg): Contact varieties and second language acquisition
Prerequisite: Senior undergraduate or graduate student standing. For more information and permission to enroll contact Mary O’Brien (mgobrien@ucalgary.ca).
Upcoming Conference: Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference 2012
September 6-8, 2012
University of Calgary Campus
The organizing committee invites papers that approach language policy from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, and in a variety of contexts, from the local/institutional to national/global. We invite abstracts for papers in any of the following areas:
| Language policy and political theory | Official language policies |
| Language policy and lingua franca | Heritage language policies |
| Language policy and globalization | Ideologies and language policies |
| Language policies in school settings | National identities and language policies |
| Language policy and the economics of the workplace | Non-official languages in mainstream classrooms |
| Language policies and social mobility | Language attrition, language revitalization and language policies |
Language policies and transnational communities Please see the conference website for more information. |
Graduate Student Poster Symposium
Graduate students from across campus presented their research at our annual poster symposium, which took place on May 1, 2012, in the Language Research Centre lobby. More information on the event can be found here.
Recent Event: CIHR Science Cafe
We hosted a CIHR-sponsored Science Cafe on the cognitive benefits of learning languages over the course of the lifespan. More information about the event can be found here, and a video of the event can be found here.
Lecture Series:
Thank you to everyone who participated in the speaker series during the 2011-2012 academic year. We will continue the series again in the Fall 2012 semester. A schedule will be posted soon.