Conference review: The 5th Polyglot Conference, 2017

Abstract

The Polyglot Conference is a two-day event that has taken place every year since 2013 and the first international gathering of language learning researchers, enthusiasts and multilinguals. Each year, the conference is hosted in a different country, with the 2017 conference held in Reykjavík, Iceland (registration costs ranging from 100–140 euros for the two-day event). From my choice of talks attended on languages and multilingualism, a dominant theme was concepts and techniques influencing language learning. This was my first attendance at the Polyglot Conference where I was invited to be a speaker on the newly emerging research theme of ‘bilingualism and autism’. The following article is a review of the event and it will include highlight talks, new themes and stand-out experiences at the Polyglot Conference 2017.