XIX SYMPOSIUM ON RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS &

FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LITERACIES AND DISCOURSE STUDIES

This academic event is committed to the interdisciplinary promotion and support of research on literacies and discourse studies to push further the boundaries of applied linguistics. Papers drawing on research experiences around topics such as literacies, multilingualism(s) and discourse studies are welcome. Some key areas within these broad topics which contributors could explore include, but are not limited to 

Literacies: Early literacy, digital literacy, multimodality, bilingualism/biliteracies 

Multilingualism(s): Language planning & policy, languages in contact, minority languages, community-based pedagogies in multilingual contexts 

Discourse Studies: Classroom discourse(s), political discourse(s), media discourse(s), narrative(s) 

Key Note Speaker 

Adriana Patiño-Santos, University of South Hampton 

Judy Sharkey, PhD - University of New Hampshire 

Yined Tello, PhD  ᵻ - Universidad del Tolima 

International Scientific Committee  

Professor Eve Gregory, PhD - Goldsmiths, University of London 

Charmian Kenner, PhD - Goldsmiths, University of London 

Maria Antonieta Celani, PhD - Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 

Lawrence Berlin, PhD - University of Northern Illinois 

Theresa Austin, PhD - University of Massachussets, Amherst 

Telma Nunes Gimenez, PhD - Universidade estadual de Londrina 

Miguel Farias, PhD - Universidad de Santiago de Chile 

Adriana González Moncada, PhD - Universidad de Antioquia 

Alberto Abouchaar, PhD - Universidad Nacional de Colombia 

Organizing Committee 

Harold Castañeda-Peña, PhD 

Amparo Clavijo Olarte, PhD 

Claudia Torres, MA