Conference Agenda

Session

Multilingualism, language policy and schools

Time:

Thursday, 18/June/2026:

8:45am - 10:45am

Location: TB210

Presentations

8:45am - 9:15am

Implementation of Language Policy in Primary Schools: A Janus-Faced

Shina Olayiwola, Elizabeth Obi, Yetunde Aboloyinjo

Obafemi Awolowo University

9:15am - 9:45am

Language policy as discourse management and the co-construction of schoolscapes

Kristof Savski

Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

9:45am - 10:15am

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Language Assessment: Examining Multilingual Children

Insiya Bhalloo, Andrea MacLeod

University of Alberta, Canada

10:15am - 10:45am

Heritage Languages: How Can Valuing Heritages Languages Contribute to Positive Social Outcomes?

Benjamin Lafontaine

Concordia University, Canada