This year’s Socio-linguistic Conference will focus on the relationship of young people aged 14 to 20 with language. The 15th edition will be held on 25 April in the Gaztelu Hall of Hendaia. The Cluster of Sociolinguistics has organized a program of conferences, presentations, participatory workshops and round tables with the collaboration of the Basque Government, the Basque Public Organization and the Casa Consistorial de Hendaia.

The organization of the conference explained that before observing the linguistic reality of young people it is "essential" to analyze the lives of young people. That is, to observe their characteristics as a group and their habits, relationships and thoughts as people. Then, when looking at its relationship with the Basque Country, the approach would be to analyze linguistic competences, linguistic practices and linguistic ideologies. There will be an opportunity to reflect on this on Thursday.

The conference will involve sociolinguistic, technical, institutional, faculty and entrepreneurial researchers in favor of the Basque country. In the morning Eneko Gorri, member of the Plazara Cooperative, will talk about the socio-linguistic data of Ipar Euskal Herria. Next, researchers Miren Artetxe and Maialen Iñarra will present the keys to some research on young people. Before the meal, a collection of videos of experiences of different movements in favor of the Basque Country will be offered and a group exercise will be held.

After the meal the young people will take the floor who in a round table will speak five young people with a different profile from the Basque. Before the end of the day, Jaime Altuna, professor and anthropologist of the UPV, will offer a conference on the linguistic ideology of young people.