Presentations (Selected)
2020 Icelandic Online: Lessons learned from 20 years of development, evaluation and expansion of an LMOOC. EUROCALL2020. August 19-21. Online Event
2020 Multilingualism as language preservation: The changing linguistic repertoires of Icelanders. Multilingualism : Hierarchies, Inequalities, Marginalization Structures, Issues, Policies. INALCO, Paris, January 24-25, 2020
2019 Innovative CALL solutions and the sustainability of nano languages in the North West Arctic Region. Language Technology for all, UNESCO, París. Desember 2019.
2019 Íslenska sem erfðarmál. Hugvísindaþing, March 2019. http://hugvisindathing.hi.is/malstofur/sigurtunga-vesturislenskt-mal-og-menning/
2019 A genre based curriculum for university EMI programs: A gateway to writing in the disciplines. EMI Practices in Europe. Copenhagen University, April 4-5,
2019 Building bridges... Icelandic Language and Culture, Waseda University, Tokyo, October 25.
2019 Omstrukturering av sprogundervisning ved Islands Universitet og nordisk sprogfællesskab. Hva med språkfellesskapet? Er nordisk språkfellesskap på vei ut? Háskóla Íslands. March 28.
2019 Icelandic as a Heritage Language in North America. Migration: The 9th Partnership Conference between the University of Iceland and the University of Manitoba. University of Iceland, August 29-30 ágúst.
2019 The effect of genre-based instruction on writer efficacy and autonomy. Ethnographies of academic writing: Research and pedagogy, May 16-17. University of Zaragoza. With Patricia Prinz. https://genresandlanguages.org/en/conference
2018 The hidden challenges of fluent English users: Icelandic scholars writing in ERPP. PRISEAL 4 í Reykjavík September 14-16.
2018 Teaching and Learning Icelandic Online. Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. November 26.
2018 Theoretical and Pedagogical Foundations of Icelandic Online Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, November 24.
2018 AWARE – A Cognitive Framework for Teaching Genre-Based L2 Writing for EMI Learners. American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Chicago, March, 24-27.
2018 English in the lives of Icelandic children. In the colloquium: Digital language contact in ELL. Early Language Learning Conference in Reykjavík, June 13-15.
2017 Iceland: A microcosm of communities affected by the spread of English. A Beck Lecture. University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, November 19.
2017 Teaching Icelandic Online: Free and open language courses. A Beck Lecture. University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 22.
2017 North American Icelandic: The only variety of Icelandic spoken outside Iceland? The Beck Lecture Series. University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, September 24.
2017 Transitioning EAL Students from EFL Classes to EMI Programs at The University of Iceland. Invited speaker. ICLHE, University of Copenhagen, October 4-7.
2017 From EFL to EMI in a Semester: Transitioning Nordic Students to Academic English. Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir & Patricia Prinz. EATAW European Association for Teaching Academic Writing, Royal Holloway University, UK, June 19-20
2017 Simultaneous Parallel Code Use: An under Researched phenomenon in EAP. Faces of English. Hong Kong, 1-3 June.
2016 Language Online: Et multiplatform for sprogindlæring uafhængig af sprog. Nordiska språkmötet Universitet i Vasa, Finland, 2 September, 2016.
2016 EMI at the University of Iceland: Identifying the needs of students in a new linguistic context. In the seminar: EMI in Nordic Higher Education: The Bigger Picture. AAAL 2016. April 10, 2016.
2016 The Authoritative Stance” in Writing English for Research Publishing Purposes. In the seminar : The Changing Landscape of Global Academic Publishing: Policies, Practices, and Pedagogies. AAAL2016. April 10, 2016.
2016 Coping with English Literacy in Higher Education in Iceland. Conference on Academic Language Use and Academic Literacies from a Multilingual Perspective in Nordic Educational Contexts. University of Copenhagen May 9, 2016.
2015 The English Divide: Disparity and Exclusion in Academia. Symposium on Language and Exclusion. United Nations. New York, May 7, 2014
2015 Teacher development and students' needs in a changing linguistic context in Iceland. 9th International Conference on Teacher Development. University of Minnesota, May 14-16.
2014 Superdiversity and adult education programs for new speakers of Nordic languages. 2nd International Symposium on New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe: Opportunities and Challenges. Barcelona 22. November 2014
2014 Scientists on the periphery: Access and identity in academic publishing. Current research on global scholarly publishing: Policies, practices, pedagogies (Invited ReN). AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics) World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, August 11, 2014
2014 English in Nordic Higher Education: Iceland as a Microcosm. AILA (International Ass. of Applied Linguistics) World Congress. Brisbane, Australian, August 11, 2014.
2013 The gap between ideology and reality in Nordic Higher Education: Iceland as a microcosm. English Language in Teaching in European Higher Education. Copenhagen, April 19-21, 2013
2012 Parallel Language use vs. Simultaneous Parallel Code Use. CALPIU ’12. Roskilde Universitets Center. Apríl 4.
2011 Four Languages: Implications for Proficiency? Minst fýra mál til øll. Conference on Mulitlingualism in the Nordic Countries. August 22-24, 2011.
2010 Parallel Language Use or Simultanenous Parallel Code Use? Center for Internationalisering og parallel language use. University of Copenhagen. Invited Speaker. November 12.
2010 Using English as a Lingua Franca in Academia: Students’ Experiences. English as a Lingua Franca III. University of Vienna. May 22-25.
2010 Coping with English as a Lingua Franca at University: Students’ and Teachers’ Views. Preserving the Future: Sustainability of Language, Culture and Nature: Conference in Honour of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. April 16.