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Thinking, practicing and living plurilingualism

Penser, pratiquer et vivre le plurilinguisme

Pensar, practicar y vivir el plurilingüismo

Pensare, praticare e vivere il plurilinguismo

Mehrsprachigkeit erforschen, praktizieren und leben

Third edition

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Published on Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Abstract

Reflecting the broad themes of this third conference, the three interconnected and complementary verbs of the title reflect an expanded sphere of investigation into language didactics and the construction of plurilingual identities, mostly linked to institutionalized places of learning such as schools or universities but also to other fields and approaches, to other professions and profiles involved in the exercise of interculturality and in the planning or management of plurilingual spaces. This international conference will bring together contributions from specialists in language didactics, didactics of plurilingualism, and language policies, grouped into three main sections for the purposes of fruitful exchange.

Announcement

Thinking, practicing and living plurilingualism – 3rd edition

Arguments

Il faut agir davantage, penser moins, et ne pas se regarder vivre. (Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort, Maximes et pensées, posth., 1795)

Following on from the international conferences “Teaching and learning languages in the shadow of lingua franca” (2019) and “Appreciating Plurilingual Competencies: Current and Future Perspectives” (2022), Masaryk University, Université libre de Bruxelles and Université de Fribourg/Freiburg are continuing their fruitful collaboration by launching a third edition devoted to advances in research in the field of plurilingualism. The next conference, entitled Thinking, practicing and living plurilingualism, will be held 6–7 June 2024 at Masaryk University in Brno.

Reflecting the broad themes of this third conference, the three interconnected and complementary verbs of the title reflect an expanded sphere of investigation into language didactics and the construction of plurilingual identities, mostly linked to institutionalized places of learning such as schools or universities but also to other fields and approaches, to other professions and profiles involved in the exercise of interculturality and in the planning or management of plurilingual spaces.

This international conference will bring together contributions from specialists in language didactics, didactics of plurilingualism, and language policies, grouped into three main sections for the purposes of fruitful exchange:

  • Plurilingualism and reflexivity. The construction of plurilingual identities through metalinguistic (Woll, 2018) and metacognitive (Jessner, 2020; Cenoz, 2021) awareness as well as reflexive practices associated, though not exclusively, with (auto)biographical methods and intercultural approaches make it possible to decompartmentalize the various fields of observation related to plurilingualism. As teaching tools and research methods, these learning narratives have a reflexive function insofar as they catalyse awareness of acquisition processes through the verbalization of experiences, whether positive or negative (Pavlenko, 2007; Baroni, 2021; Keller-Gerber, 2022; Jeanneret, 2010).
  • Managing and enhancing multilingual environments. As language didactics and education in a multilingual context are framed and even conditioned by the presence, implicit or explicit, of a language policy that underpins them, we need further exploration and analysis of their interdependent links (Cenoz, 2019; Cognigni, 2020; Krumm, 2021, Iannàccaro, 2021). Similarly, the management of linguistic diversity and the valorisation of plurilingual and intercultural skills within companies and institutions could constitute a relevant research angle (Carrère, 2016; Berthele, 2014).
  • Projects promoting multilingualism. As multilingualism is often practised informally, this section aims to provide a space for the presentation of inter-university and inter-institutional collaborations and projects in which multilingualism is a constituent and driving force.

Conference Languages :

Papers may be delivered in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, or Czech. 

Submission Guidelines

Proposals must contain the following:

  1. title of the presentation/workshop,
  2. thematic area,
  3. a 250-word summary in the language of the presentation/workshop,
  4. 5 keywords,
  5. an 100-word abstract in English or in another conference language if the presentation is in English, 
  6. a 60-word biographical note,
  7. up to 6 bibliographical references specific to the proposal.

Proposals will be blind reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee. The presenters will receive an answer of acceptance (or rejection) by 25 February 2024.

Proposals should be submitted in .docx (Word) format through an online registration form HERE.

For more information, please, refer to the conference website: https://colloquebrno2024.cjv.muni.cz/en

Scientific Committee

Conference Team

  • Kateřina Sedláčková (MU Language Centre)
  • Tereza Bartošíková (MU Language Centre)
  • Hana Poledníková (MU Language Centre)

Places

  • Komenskeho namesti 2
    Brno, Czechia (60200)

Event attendance modalities

Full on-site event


Date(s)

  • Sunday, February 25, 2024

Keywords

  • plurilinguialism, multilimngualism, intercomprehension, plurilingual identities, metalinguistic awareness, (auto)biographical methods, intercultural approaches, language policies

Contact(s)

  • Bartosikova Tereza
    courriel : colloquebrno [at] cjv [dot] muni [dot] cz

Information source

  • Katerina Sedlackova
    courriel : katerina [dot] sedlackova [at] cjv [dot] muni [dot] cz

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« Thinking, practicing and living plurilingualism », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/1c95

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