This autumn we invite you to a special lecture by Prof. Kim Potowski, a renowned U.S. sociolinguist who works on bilingualism, heritage languages, and education for national minorities.
Date: Thursday, October 2
Time: 15:00
Venue: On-site (with the option to join via Teams)
The lecture topic – “Education in Two Languages” – highlights the growing popularity and proven benefits of bilingual education worldwide. The discussion is highly relevant in Lithuania today, particularly in the context of national minority schools.
Prof. Potowski will also present the Chicago Lithuanian Corpus, a collection of interviews across three generations of Lithuanian speakers in Chicago.
In addition to her impressive academic achievements, Prof. Potowski is an active public sociolinguist, an advocate for children from minority backgrounds, and the director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program.
More about the speaker: potowski.org