ABOUT LANGFEST

The Montreal Language Festival, or “LangFest” for short, is North America’s premier celebration and
conference for language learners and enthusiasts of all levels. LangFest 2018 will take place on the
weekend of August 21 – 26, 2018 at Concordia University’s downtown campus in beautiful, eclectic,
multilingual Montreal, Quebec.

LangFest attendees learn from and gain access to world-class language gurus, entrepreneurs, educators
and industry professionals. You will be introduced to cutting edge tools, techniques and technologies to
inform and inspire how you learn and use languages or teach them to others.

As a celebration of discovery and connection through language, LangFest promises many great
opportunities to meet others to speak to in the languages you love. While many attendees may be
working on their second or third languages, LangFest is a magnet for polyglots (a person who knows and
is able to use several languages) from around the world. You are guaranteed to meet language
enthusiasts who are learning or speak French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Korean,
Japanese, Mandarin Chinese or other languages with large populations around the globe. But don’t be
surprised if you overhear (or get to participate in) conversations in other languages like American Sign
Language, Gaelic, Cree, Yoruba or Greenlandic. LangFest is just that kind of a party!

Key themes and activities of LangFest 2018 will include:

 The latest language learning tools and techniques, including those applied by polyglots;

 Language workshops for beginners and intermediates;

 Raising multilingual children;

 Growing your language learning network;

 Cross-cultural relationships and multiculturalism;

 Academic approaches and findings on language acquisition and demographics;

 Minority or endangered languages;

 Entrepreneurship in the language learning industry;

 Games, picnics, dinners and other social activities;

 And many more informative and inspiring themes.

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Info: http://www.langfest.org
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The Montreal Language Festival, or "LangFest" for short, is North America’s premier celebration
and conference for language learners and enthusiasts of all levels. LangFest 2018 will take place
 on the weekend of August 21 - 26, 2018 at Concordia University's downtown campus in beautiful,
eclectic, multilingual Montreal, Quebec.
LangFest attendees learn from and gain access to world-class language gurus, entrepreneurs,
educators and industry professionals. You will be introduced to cutting edge tools, techniques
and technologies to inform and inspire how you learn and use languages or teach them to others.
As a celebration of discovery and connection through language, LangFest promises many great
opportunities to meet others to speak to in the languages you love. While many attendees may
be working on their second or third languages, LangFest is a magnet for polyglots (a person who
knows and is able to use several languages) from around the world. You are guaranteed to meet
language enthusiasts who are learning or speak French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian,
Polish, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese or other languages with large populations around
the globe. But don’t be surprised if you overhear (or get to participate in) conversations in other
languages like American Sign Language, Gaelic, Cree, Yoruba or Greenlandic. LangFest is just
that kind of a party!
Key themes and activities of LangFest 2018 will include:
 The latest language learning tools and techniques, including those applied by polyglots;
 Language workshops for beginners and intermediates;
 Raising multilingual children;
 Growing your language learning network;
 Cross-cultural relationships and multiculturalism;
 Academic approaches and findings on language acquisition and demographics;
 Minority or endangered languages;
 Entrepreneurship in the language learning industry;
 Games, picnics, dinners and other social activities;
 And many more informative and inspiring themes.
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Le Festival des langues de Montréal, aussi connu sous le nom de « LangFest », est la plus
importante fête et conférence pour amateurs de langues et apprenants de tous niveaux. L'édition
2018 du Festival aura lieu la fin de semaine du 21 au 26 août 2018 à l'Université Concordia, au
centre-ville de Montréal, au Québec, ville belle, éclectique et multilingue.
Les participants au LangFest bénéficieront de la présence de « gourous » de l'enseignement des
langues, d'entrepreneurs et de professionnels du domaine connus de par le monde. Vous y
découvrirez les meilleurs outils, techniques et technologies linguistiques, pour vos propres
apprentissages ou pour enseigner à d'autres.
Le Festival, fête de la découverte et du rapprochement par les langues, vous offrira de
nombreuses occasions de parler vos langues préférées avec d'autres. De nombreux participants
seront en train d'apprendre une deuxième ou troisième langue, mais le LangFest attire aussi des
polyglottes (personnes capables de parler plusieurs langues) du monde entier. Vous aurez sans
aucun doute l'occasion de rencontrer des gens qui apprennent le français, l'espagnol, l'italien, le
portugais, le russe, le polonais, le coréen, la japonais, le mandarin ou d'autres langues parmi les
plus parlées au monde. Mais ne vous étonnez pas non plus d'être témoin de conversations en
langue des signes américaine, en gaélique, en cri, en yorouba ou en groenlandais. C'est une fête
comme ça, le LangFest!
Voici les principaux thèmes et activités du LangFest 2018:
 Les tous derniers outils et techniques d'enseignement, y compris ceux des polyglottes;
 Des ateliers de langues pour débutants et intermédiaires;
 Élever des enfants multilingues;
 Constituer un réseau d'apprentissage des langues;
 Les relations interculturelles et le multiculturalisme;
 La recherche universitaire sur l'enseignement des langues et les groupes concernés;
 Langues minoritaires ou en danger;
 L'entrepreneuriat dans le domaine de l'enseignement des langues;
 Jeux, pique-niques, soupers et d'autres activités sociales;
 Et de nombreux autres sujets aussi intéressants qu'inspirants;