As migrations have been instrumental in the development and progress of societies past and present, so have migrations affected the evolution of languages. Migrations and mobilities continue to comprise significant dimensions in creating new sites and players for contact dynamics and language change and evolution, and in shaping sociolinguistic conditions and psychological processes in how languages are learned, acquired, and used. Critical study of representations of migrant and migration scenarios, linguistic rights in the migrant condition, and societal policies and programs can offer instruction and recommendations for practice and progress in this age of migration. 

In this first international conference on migration linguistics, plenary and invited speakers who will discuss the nexus of language and migration include: 

• Tony Capstick, University of Reading

• Lisa Lim, Curtin University

• Loy Lising, Macquarie University

• Kazuko Matsumoto, The University of Tokyo

• Edgar W. Schneider, University of Regensburg

The conference will also feature panels with government officials and migrant representatives, as well as talks regarding language resources, and creative outputs relating to linguistic dimensions of migration.

Proposals for 30-minute onsite or online presentations (20-minute paper, 10-minute Q&A) are welcome in relation to, though not exclusively to, the following:

(1) Linguistic Aspects and Issues in Migration 

(2) Psycholinguistic Processes in Migration

(3) Sociolinguistic Conditions in Migration

(4) Methodologies and Resources in Migration Linguistic Research

(5) Constructions of Representations of Migrants and Migration in Media and Art

(6) Migration and Linguistic Human Rights 

(7) Language Policies and Programs for Migrants

(8) The Future of Language in the Age of Migration

Submissions may be made below until 15th of October 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be sent on a rolling basis. 

https://forms.gle/jPrdcfXKLVbJWtGv5 

Participation in the conference is FREE for all. To register, please complete the form below.

https://forms.gle/gozaZJikFX8WBfAW6 

This conference is organized by the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS, Japan) and the Migration Linguistics Research Network (ReN) of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) in collaboration with Curtin University (Perth, Australia) and Southern Luzon State University (Lucban, the Philippines) and in partnership with the United Nations (UN) International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tokyo Office and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

This conference is organized with the support of the TUFS Fund.

Lectures

Opening

A Pantheon of Asian Englishes Scholars

James D'Angelo

The Kachruvian Paradigm and the Range and Depth of Braj Kachru’s Influence 

Anne Pakir

Contemporary Malaysian English Sounds

Stefanie Pillai

Lexical Priming: Asian Englishes and the Corpus

Vincent B.Y. Ooi

Corpus-Based Grammatical Studies of Philippine English

Shirley N. Dita

Rethinking Language Teacher Education in the Global Englishes paradigm: The Cline of Glocality in Singapore

Ee Ling Low

Korean/Englishes through the Lens of Global Asias

Jerry Won Lee

The Legitimacy of Expanding Circle Englishes

Nobuyuki Hino

Teaching English in Multilingual Settings

Isabel Pefianco Martin

Asian Englishes in the Oxford English Dictionary

Danica Salazar 

Un/anticipated Itineraries: Mobilities, Contact and the Evolution of Asian Englishes

Lisa Lim

*Special lecture presented by the TUFS Migration Linguistics Unit and the AILA Migration Linguistics ReN

Standard(ization of) Asian Englishes

Ariane Macalinga Borlongan

A Model for Teaching World Englishes in Asian Classrooms

Alejandro S. Bernardo

Unequal Englishes in Asia

Ruanni Tupas

Englishes in Southeast Asia/Asia: Models, Norms and Implications for Applied Linguistics

Azirah Hashim

Conveners

Ariane Macalinga Borlongan

Shirley N. Dita

Stefanie Shamila Pillai

Lisa Lim

Student Organizers

Jayson Donor Zabala

Chisato Oda

Kenichiro Kurusu

*This summer course is made possible (and made free for all) by the Joint Education Program of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. 

The interactive flipbook of abstracts can also be accessed here:

Migration and mobility have been an enduring part of the story of civilizations and cultures. And in the movements of people, language has always been a very important vehicle which takes people from one place to another. Indeed, the role of language in the entire migration process cannot be underestimated. This very first winter school on migration linguistics engages students into epistemological issues and challenges corollary to the foregrounding of migrant and migration issues vis-à-vis language (viz., ‘migration linguistics’). It aims to interrogate how theoretical and methodological developments in linguistics and allied disciplines are being/ could be employed to provide fresh insights on human (im)mobilities within the context of current globalization processes. The winter school brings together some of the highly esteemed and most prolific scholars in the study of language and migration to be able to train and empower students to study language and migration from truly interdisciplinary and multidimensional approaches and perspectives.

Organizing Committee

Ariane Macalinga Borlongan (Chair)

Nicanor Guinto (Co-Chair)

Lisa Lim

Loy Lising

Kenichiro Kurusu

Chisato Oda

Jayson Donor Zabala

*This winter school is made possible (and made free for all) by the Joint Education Program of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. 

The interactive flipbook of abstracts can also be accessed here:

https://tinyurl.com/WSML1BookofAbstracts

The global crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, initially just a health concern, has eventually affected all peoples and societies of the world, essentially everyone. This online symposium titled Language in the Time of Pandemic looks closely at language use during this global health crisis and considers the situation from various viewpoints and perspectives in the discipline of linguistics. In particular, it deals with how language carried the weight, bore the challenges, and made more apparent various social problems existing even before the pandemic unfolded. Ingrid Piller will deliver the keynote and there will be lectures from Danica Salazar, Rebecca Starr, Jasper Kyle Catapang, Kenichiro Kurusu, and Ariane Borlongan, with Lisa Lim providing a synthesis and discussion in the end. 

Language Resources Relating to COVID-19 from Oxford Languages in Their COVID-19 Hub

Covid-19 language resources | Oxford Languages

 https://languages.oup.com/covid-19-language-resources/

The TUFS Migration Linguistics Unit was formally launched. An overview of the Unit was given by Ariane Borlongan and an inaugural lecture on migration, sociolinguistic typology, and language change wasdelivered by Paul Kerswill.

Video in MLU YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/e6hULRlTakw

Conversations on Migration and Language is a conversation series, which will be in the format of a talk show. We will invite academics, practitioners, and migrants themselves to a conversation regarding various language issues in the context of global migration today. It endeavors to bring together various stakeholders in the migration process in a dialogue. We believe that dialogues such as this conversations series are helpful in making efforts towards making human mobilities more beneficial and effective to all people concerned. In particular, the conversation series will allow academics and practitioners to really deal with the issues migrants confront in their lives, most especially those relating to language. 

The conversations will feature researchers and practitioners in the themes and topics in focus. It will have as main discussants Lisa Lim and Loy Lising and as moderators Nicanor Guinto and Ron Bridget Vilog. The series is being convened and hosted by Ariane Borlongan at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Japan) with support from the TUFS Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research and Education.