Plan of the Multilingual Education Scientific Conference (August 2008)

Multilingual education in a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual community is a major and important topic in the study of language policy and the development of social life of each nation. The scientific conference "Multilingual Education" will be jointly organized by the Hanoi Linguistics Association (under the Hanoi Union of Science and Technology Associations) and the Faculty of Linguistics (University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi), with the participation of the Faculty of Taiwanese Language, Chenggong University (Taiwan, China).

1. Content

This multilingual educational science conference will focus on the following main contents:

• Theoretical issues of multilingual education in multi-ethnic and multilingual environments.
• Multilingual education with language policy and language planning in social development and international integration.
• Lessons learned in multilingual education in Vietnam and Taiwan today, including issues such as: multilingual education models; languages ​​chosen for teaching; multilingual teaching materials; teachers and learners; factors affecting multilingual education and language attitudes; etc.

2. Scientific report

• Full text, A4 format, Time New Roman font, size 14, line spacing 1.5
• Language used: Vietnamese (Chinese and English).
• Deadline for submission of reports: deadline is August 15, 2008.
• The address to receive the article is one (+ 1 cc) of the following email addresses: nvkhang@gmail.com; doiahanh@yahoo.com; uibuntw@gmail.com
• The conference papers will be edited for publication.

3. Expected time and location of the Workshop

- Time: August 30, 2008

- Location: Hanoi

Linguists are cordially invited to participate.