Conference Invitation: National Languages in Academic Research and Higher Education
Tallinn University is happy to invite researchers to participate
in conference “National languages in academic research and higher
education” (NatAcLang) on August 29-30th, 2011 in Tallinn University,
Estonia.The European Union promotes multilingualism and cultural diversity.
However, English has become a predominant language in scientific research,
and internationalisation of higher education is often reduced to using more
and more English as instruction language at universities.The aim of the
conference is to discuss the state of national languages in the globalising
world of science, dealing with every kind of achievements and problems of
using national languages in academia. The scope of the conference themes is
not limited. Topics may include developments both in language policies for
academic research and higher education in different countries, as well as
the influence across national languages on each other’s vocabulary,
terminology and grammatical structure, incl. English impact on the
structure of other national languages.We welcome discussion on contemporary
tendencies of using diverse languages for academic research and higher
education, and on different solutions how to reach sustainable balance
between national and international scientific production and communication.
We also welcome every kind of study of English impact on the structure and
vocabulary of other national languages, and vice versa.The working
languages of the conference will be Estonian and English (interpretation
will be available).Please go to http://www.tlu.ee/nataclang for more
information.Organisers: Centre for Academic Estonian and Institute of
Estonian Language and Culture at Tallinn University
in conference “National languages in academic research and higher
education” (NatAcLang) on August 29-30th, 2011 in Tallinn University,
Estonia.The European Union promotes multilingualism and cultural diversity.
However, English has become a predominant language in scientific research,
and internationalisation of higher education is often reduced to using more
and more English as instruction language at universities.The aim of the
conference is to discuss the state of national languages in the globalising
world of science, dealing with every kind of achievements and problems of
using national languages in academia. The scope of the conference themes is
not limited. Topics may include developments both in language policies for
academic research and higher education in different countries, as well as
the influence across national languages on each other’s vocabulary,
terminology and grammatical structure, incl. English impact on the
structure of other national languages.We welcome discussion on contemporary
tendencies of using diverse languages for academic research and higher
education, and on different solutions how to reach sustainable balance
between national and international scientific production and communication.
We also welcome every kind of study of English impact on the structure and
vocabulary of other national languages, and vice versa.The working
languages of the conference will be Estonian and English (interpretation
will be available).Please go to http://www.tlu.ee/nataclang for more
information.Organisers: Centre for Academic Estonian and Institute of
Estonian Language and Culture at Tallinn University