Past talks at events, organisations and companies

 

  • 17 May 2011: Antonella gaive a talk in the 'Institut Culturel Italien' of Marseilles (France) in collaboration with 'le Zebre Zen'.
  • 11 December 2010: Antonella Sorace gave a talk by videoconference in Fonni, Sardinia, as part of the Annual Conference on the Sardinian Language.
  • 25 of November 2010:  talk at "'Think German" conference, Goethe Institute, Glasgow.
  • 17 November 2010: Holyrood Magazine conference, "Gaelic medium education: striving for sustainability". Antonella Sorace has been invited to speak on behalf of Bilingualism Matters/University of Edinburgh about the benefits of bilingualism and the importance of raising awareness in minority language communities.
  • 15 November 2010: "The future of British Sign Language in an inclusive Scotland". Conference held at The Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh. Antonella Sorace gave a talk on the linguistic and cognitive benefits of bimodal bilingualism.
  • 10 November 2010: Piccolingo Languages in Action. Early years settings across Edinburgh were invited to celebrate early language learning. In collaboration with City of Edinburgh Council, Bilingualism Matters, SCILT and Edinburgh Beltane and supported by the European Commission. For more information download a Languages in Action flier.
  • 10 November 2010: "Doing business in the Tower of Babel". An event jointly organised by the RSA Scotland and Bilingualism Matters which took place at the Scottish Parliament. The event was specifically aimed at the private and corporate sectors.
  • 29 September 2010: Piccolingo Day of Languages, St Thomas Aquin High School, Edinburgh.
  •  17 June 2010: Cambridge University Press Learning Centre, Cambridge
  • 25 May 2010: Universita' per Stranieri di Siena
  • 18 May 2010: SEALCC conference (this the Scottish EAL Co-ordinating Council) 
  • 29 April 2010: BAECE workshop
  • 19 March 2010: ESRC Festival of Social Science: Bringing up bilingual and multilingual children
  • 3 February 2010: RSE public lecture at Oban High School
  • 1 December 2009: University of Tromsø
  • 5 November 2009: Wellesley College, Boston, US
  • 24-25 September 2009: Brussels, European Commission conference on "Early Language Learning for Children of Pre-School Age"
  • 6 & 30 July 2009: CLIL Teacher courses, Stevenson College
  • 16 June 2009: Italian Institute
  • 19 May 2009: Comune di Milano (Milan Council)
  • 13 January 2009: Council of Europe, Strasbourg
  • 3 December 2008: European Central Bank, Frankfurt: talk on "Myths and facts of bilingualism"
  • 1 December, 2008: Talk: Bilingualism Matters: raising awareness in the community. At Supporting our international future: cross-sector partnerships to promote languages in Scotland, Conference organised by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, Higher Education Academy, University of Edinburgh.
  • 29 November 2008: Macomer, Sardinia: Conferenza regionale della lingua sarda (annual conference on Sardinian organised by the Sardinian Regional Administration)
  • 14 November 2008: Aberdeen, ENI-SAIPEM: "Raising bilingual children: facts and myths"
  • 11 September 2008: Institut Francais d'Ecosse