Programme: Workshop on Forgetting your native language: Forgetting your native language: consequences to career prospects (London, 9. Nov. 2018) (London, 9. Nov. 2018)

9:00-9:30 Arrival, tea, coffee, registration
9:30-9:45 Welcome
9:45-10:30 Lecture: Me, moi-meme and я: Identity and the sense of the self in different languages.
Prof. Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck, University of London
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:30 Workshop 1: Being a professional in multiple languages
Beverley Costa (Pasalo Project) & Prof. Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck, University of London
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Returning to the job (market) in your native language
Prof. Monika S. Schmid, University of Essex
14:15-15:45 Workshop 2: Language challenges for professional returnees
Prof. Monika S. Schmid, University of Essex, Dr. Marije Michel, University of Groningen
15:45-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 Round Table discussion
17:00-18:00 Drinks reception