Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021 (BMRS21)

The Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium (BMRS) is an annual interdisciplinary research conference organised by the Bilingualism Matters network. It is open to bilingualism researchers at any stage of their career, irrespective of their affiliation to Bilingualism Matters. The BMRS21 plenary speakers are:

• Prof Ellen Bialystok, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Walter Gordon Research Chair of Lifespan Cognitive Development at York University, and Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

• Prof Li Wei, Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics and incoming director and dean of the UCL Institute of Education, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (United Kingdom) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

The full programme is available here including the above plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations on the latest research into bilingualism and language learning, and live question sessions with presentation authors.

This is an academic event for researchers and, unlike most of our events, is not aimed at a general audience. Non-academic audiences can attend the event if comfortable with academic / technical language. Please see our website for details on upcoming events for the general public.

More details on BMRS21 can be found on our website.

Programme Overview (draft)