Ateneo to organize int’l conference on world Englishes

The International Association for World Englishes Inc. (IAWE) and the department of English of the Ateneo de Manila University expect more than 200 participants consisting of scholars, teachers, students, and language enthusiasts to attend the 23rd IAWE Conference this year, scheduled for May 31 to June 2, at the Ateneo de Manila University.

The conference tackles the contact between English and other languages in the rich multilingual contexts, where language ecologies of English and other languages develop and evolve.

This year’s conference theme is “World Englishes and Multilingual Realities: Evolutions, Interfaces, and Trajectories.”

For 23 years, the IAWE Conference has drawn members and attendees from different countries.

The event features distinguished scholars across the globe as keynote speakers: Kingsley Bolton (Nanyang Technological University), A. Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University), Nobuyuki Hino (Osaka University) and Danilo Francisco Reyes (ADMU). IAWE, together with the ADMU SOH department of English, aims to establish links among those who are involved with any aspect of World Englishes in research and/or teaching. The conference is for all teaching levels.

For more information, contact Dr. Priscilla Angela Cruz, conference chair, ptan@ateneo.