BMRS 2020: Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2020 Online - details end of May September 22, 2020

Conference website	https://www.bilingualism-matters.ppls.ed.ac.uk/bilingualism-matters-research-symposium-2020/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bmrs2020
Abstract registration deadline	April 30, 2020
Submission deadline	April 30, 2020
Acceptance notification	May 29, 2020

Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2020 (BMRS2020) is an annual interdisciplinary research conference organised Bilingualism Matters network and open to researchers at any stage of their career, irrespective of their affiliation to Bilingualism Matters. BMRS2020 forms part of a larger Bilingualism Matters Conference, featuring training events and general network meeting, which are exclusive to BM network members and partners. This was originally scheduled to take place on September 22nd 2020, in Krakow, Poland, but due to COVID-19 disruptions the symposium is being moved online. Details will be announced at the end of May.

Bilingualism Matters Network is made of over 20 branches across Europe, North America, and Asia. It stems from a research and information centre at the University of Edinburgh, founded and directed by Professor Antonella Sorace. Established in 2008, Bilingualism Matters aims to bridge the gap between research and different sectors of society, enabling people to make informed professional or personal decisions on bilingualism and language learning across the lifespan that are based on facts, rather than prejudice or misconception.

Our plenary speaker at the BMRS 2020 will be Prof. Judith Kroll, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Language Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is a Fellow of the AAAS, the APA, the APS, the Psychonomic Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

 

Important dates:

02 March 2020  Submissions open

30 April 2020    Submissions close

29 May 2020     Notification of acceptance sent to paper authors

22 Sept 2020    BMRS2020

Registration

29 May 2020     Registration details for new online conference format released

Abstracts can be considered for two types of presentation: oral presentation (presenter will deliver a 20-minute oral presentation) or poster (presenter will produce an A1 poster of their research).

• Abstracts should be max. 300 words in Arial (11 points), excluding tables and references.
• Additional max. 50 words in the same document are required, which describe how your research is relevant to the needs of the general public, professionals (health, education, etc.) or policymakers
• These should be submitted on one A4 page.
• Figures, tables, examples and references can be on a second page.
• Indicate a preference for an oral or poster presentation, and provide five keywords

List of Topics

We are interested in receiving proposals for presentations on any aspect of bilingualism, including, but not limited to:

• typical and atypical child bilingualism
• adult language learning and lifetime bilingualism
• cognitive effects of bilingualism
• the neural bases of bilingualism
• bilingualism and social cognition
• bilingualism and bidialectalism
• bilingual education
• bilingualism in policymaking
• sociological and social aspects of bilingualism
• heritage and minority languages
• code-switching and translanguaging

Review Criteria

Our panel of expert reviewers will choose abstracts for 20-minute talks and posters, based on the following criteria:

1. Rigour of research
2. Originality of research
3. Quality of writing in relation to the abstract
4. Potential for dissemination through Bilingualism Matters network

• Prof Antonella Sorace
• Dr Francesca Foppolo 
• Dr Tihana Kras

• Dr Katarzyna Przybycien
• Christy Brewster
• Dr Zofia Wodniecka 

All questions about submissions should be emailed to bilingualism-matters@ed.ac.uk