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Conference Program (PDF, opens in a new window) and Abstract Book (PDF, opens in a new window) 

NB! Directions from Room M-225 to Café Oaas (PDF, opens in a new window) 

All presenters must be registered.

Registration has closed, and refunds are not possible.

Important dates:

  • October 2022: Call for abstracts for individual papers and posters
  • 15th January 2023: Please contact the conference organisers by 15 January 2023 if you would like to submit a panel. Please indicate the topic and format of your suggested panel (including panellists, if known already).
  • 15th February 2023: Submission deadline
  • 13th March 2023: Notification of acceptance
  • 15th May 2023: The early bird registration 
  • Standard registration period applies from 16 May 2023 through 15 September 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

Recommended accommodation options (with special prices):  HERE

Meeting description:
This conference is planned as an in-person networking event, where we will hold individual paper sessions in the mornings and work together on developing joint publications, research projects and grant proposals in the afternoons. A special session is planned as a workshop for PhD candidates in the afternoon on the last day (see below).

The main aim of this conference is to bring together scholars working on the most intriguing aspects of home language research, including but not limited to multilingualism, family language policy, digital literacies, digital practices, translanguaging, bilingual families and bilingual socialisation, bilingual families and media, education and home language development, bilingual education, multilingual special education, and teachers' and parents' attitudes on home language maintenance and development.

Keynote speakers:
Professor Mila Schwartz (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel) Ecological perspectives in early language education:
Parent, teacher, peers, and child agency in interaction

Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen (University of Bath, UK) Pride, Prejudice and Pragmatism: Family Language Policies in the UK

Professor Natalia Gagarina (Leibniz Center for General Linguistics, Germany) Diversity and uniformity in the building blocks of home languages: an interplay of factors 

Conference ChairProfessor Anastassia Zabrodskaja (Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University, Estonia)

Organisers:
The conference is organised by the AILA ReN, Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development and Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School. 

Organising Committee: Professor Anastassia Zabrodskaja (Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University, Estonia), Professor Andrea Schalley (Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden) and Dr Susana Eisenchlas (School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University, Australia).

Program Committee:

Feyza
Altınkamış
Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Elaine
Ballard
The University of Auckland
Ute
Bohnacker
Uppsala University
Joke
Dewilde
University of Oslo
Susana
Eisenchlas
Griffith University
Natalia
Ganuza
Uppsala University
Christina
Hedman
Stockholm University
Ritu
Jain
Nanyang Technological University
Sviatlana
Karpava
University of Cyprus
Caroline
Kerfoot
Stockholm University
Pia
Lane
University of Oslo
Rafael
Lomeu Gomes
MutiLing - University of Oslo
Latisha
Mary
University of Strasbourg
Anik
Nandi
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz
Åsa
Palviainen
University of Jyväskylä
Ingrid
Piller
Macquarie University
Liliana
Sanchez
University of Illinois, Chicago
Andrea
Schalley
Karlstad University
Christoph
Schroeder
Unversität Potsdam
Yvette
Slaughter
The University of Melbourne
Marianne
Turner
Monash University
Luk
Van Mensel
Université de Namur
Louisa
Willoughby
Monash University
Anastassia
Zabrodskaja
Tallinn University, Baltic Film, Media and Arts School

Call for papers:

We welcome papers presenting cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons in any of the areas mentioned above. The conference also invites methodological discussions of research related to home language maintenance and development. We encourage educators, practitioners, and speech pathologists to join the conference. On Saturday afternoon a PhD session will be organised where young researchers will have an opportunity to give presentations on the topic of their PhD theses and receive feedback from established scholars.

Abstract submission: CLOSED
Talks: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion
Language: English

Submission 

Abstract submission guidelines:
Abstracts should be anonymised and not exceed 300 words, excluding references. Abstracts should clearly address the topic of the conference, state the research question(s), the method, and the (expected) results. They should also include a list of up to 5 keywords.

Conference information:
Unless Covid restrictions are in place, the conference is scheduled to take place in person. Please be prepared to travel to the conference venue to be able to take part in it.
Please note that conference participants are allowed to be named as co-authors in more than one presentation. However, a contributor can be designated as the first author in only one contribution.

Contact Person: For inquiries, please contact Conference Chair, Professor Anastassia Zabrodskaja (by email anastassia.zabrodskaja@tlu.ee)