REYLL 2017: Research in Early Years Language Learning Dublin Institute of Technology, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 Dublin, Ireland, May 18-19, 2017 |
Abstract registration deadline | March 20, 2017 |
Submission deadline | March 21, 2017 |
REYLL 2017 is an international conference on Multilingualism in the Early Years which aims to stimulate cross-disciplinary engagement and debate on multiple aspects of early years multilingualism.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers Presentations are invited from researchers and practitioners working with multilingual children or with children learning additional languages in immersion or foreign language contexts.
Submissions are invited for a 20 minute paper with 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and include the following
Name and affiliation of the presenter
Postal and email address
Title of the presentation
Abstract: aims of the study, theoretical underpinning, methodology, main findings and discussion, implications for practice/policy.
- Posters are invited from students, researchers and practitioners describing work in progress on multilingual children or with children learning additional languages in immersion or foreign language contexts.
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and include the following
Name and affiliation of the presenter
Postal and email address
Title of the presentation
Abstract: aims of the study, theoretical underpinning, methodology, main findings to date, implications for practice/policy.
List of Topics - Topic 1: Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education
- Topic 2: Immersion education in the Early Years
- Topic 3: English as a Foreign Language in the Early Years
- Topic 4: The role of community in supporting Early Childhood Multilingualism
Committees
Organizing committee
- Dr Máire Mhic Mathúna, Dublin Institute of Technology, Chairperson
- Dr Sarah O'Brien, Trinity College Dublin and secretary of Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL)
- Mr Jan Pettersen, Dublin Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers
- Professor Victoria Murphy: Professor of Applied Linguistics, Department of Education, University of Oxford: English as an Additional Language: The Early Years
- Professor Sian Wyn Siencyn, Associate Professor (Early Childhood), University of Wales Trinity Saint David: Immersion in Wales: myths, policies, and challenges
- Dr Déirdre Kirwan, independent expert for the European Centre for Modern Languages who will speak on Multilingual Environments: benefits for early language learning
- Dr Sandie Mourão, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal who will speak on Multilingualism in a foreign language through the shared reading of picture books
Venue
The conference will be held in
Dublin Institute of Technology
Grangegorman Campus
Dublin 7, Ireland
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Conference Chairperson Dr Máire Mhic Mhathúna: maire.mhicmhathuna@dit.ie