Interpreting and Translation Linguists Collective Conference & Celebration of International Mother Language Day 2026

Programme

UNESCO Theme "Youth Voices on Multilingual Education" & Endangered Languages

08:30 Hrs. - 11:30 Hrs. (London Time)

Archiving Sylheti Manuscript and How Young People Are Revitalising Minority Languages

Abdullah Barbhuiya

Exploring 'dangerous', 'hegemonic' and 'celebratory' multilingualism: Language Policy & the United Nations

Lisa McEntee-Atalianis

The Sacred Inspection: An Igbo Framework for Digital Safety

Dennis Kelechi Okpara

Sign Languages’ Endangerment – Lack of Intergenerational Transition and Recommendations for Reversing Language Shift.

Jill Jones

Linguistic diversity in the UK

Raisa McNab

Minority and Minoritised Languages with a Focus on Kîîtharaka, the Mother Tongue of the Atharaka People in Eastern Kenya

Professor Vasiliki Chondrogianni

Exploring Ways to Use AI to Preserve Disappearing Songs and Poetry of Endangered and Near-Extinct Languages

Amita SANGHAVI

Refugee children and mother tongue loss

Monika S. Schmid

Interactive Training for Linguists with Networking and Peer Learning

14:00 Hrs. - 17:00 Hrs. (London Time)

From Mother Tongue to Public Service Interpreter: Pathways into Professional Practice in the UK

Marta Leigh

Presentation Skills for Linguists

Sarah Lockett

There Are More Than Two ‘I’s’ in Interpreting

Helena El Masri

Interpreters in film: an insight into the training of diplomatic interpreters

Muhammad Y Gamal

Language, Culture and Identity in the Diaspora and Homeland in the Latvian Case

Ms. Valda Selga Liepiņa

Development of interprofessional competence among trainee interpreters

Dr. Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente

Linguist Hour: Language, Culture & Connection

19:30 Hrs. - 23:00 Hrs. (London Time)

Every Little Helps: Valuing, Using and Improving Our Languages

John Worne

Writing minoritised, endangered and indigenous languages

Professor Philippa M. Steele

Using Large Language Models in Linguistic Research

Melanie Bell

Using the Predictive Mode in Smartphones for Writing: Bad Effects, Recommendations and Solutions

Dr. Sabaah Abd Alhassan Sabit

The Importance of Education

Carmen Álvarez-Mayo

Who Are We, Mom? — Language, Identity, and the Stories We Pass Down

Margarita Nigmatullina

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