Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts

Kees de Bot got his PhD from the University of Nijmegen. He was chair of Applied Linguistics and is now an emeritus professor from the University of Groningen and full professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Pannonia in Vészprem in Hungary. His research interests include the application of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory in second language development and multilingualism, multilingual processing, language attrition and the history of Applied Linguistics. More recently he got interested in ethical issues and truth in science. He is one of the organisers of the 2020 World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics in Groningen. Sinfree Makoni is a Professor in Applied Linguistics and African Studies, Director of African Studies and Interim Director of the Africana Research Centre at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is an Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, University of the Western Cape, Bellville South; a Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela University; and a Researcher at University of Zululand, South Africa.