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Abstract

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our edited volume entitled “Intercomprehension Between Languages: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” to be published in Routledge Studies in Plurilingualism. This publication will be an innovative and pioneering contribution to the field of intercomprehension (IC) in English, offering an in-depth exploration of perspectives that have rarely been brought together.

Announcement

Editors

  • Marie-Claire Lemarchand-Chauvin Maître de Conférences en linguistique anglaise et didactique des langues, Inspé de Lorraine, site de Montigny-lès-Metz, Université de Lorraine, ATILF (UL/CNRS), UMR 7118
  • Encarnación CARRASCO, Professora Agregada-Didàctica de la llengua i la literatura Cap d'Estudis del Grau en Mestre d'Educació Primària

Argument

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our edited volume entitled "Intercomprehension Between Languages: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" to be published in Routledge Studies in Plurilingualism. This publication will be an innovative and pioneering contribution to the field of intercomprehension (IC) in English, offering an in-depth exploration of perspectives that have rarely been brought together.

Context and Aims of the volume

Intercomprehension, although rooted in ancestral communicative practices specific to border areas and contexts of language contact, has gradually emerged as a rich and multidimensional field of study. At the intersection of language research, plurilingual education, didactics, and teacher training, CI challenges current learning and teaching practices while valorizing pre-existing linguistic repertoires to decode unfamiliar languages.

This book aims to:

  • Provide a comprehensive, up-to-date understanding of IC, addressing its theoretical, practical and pedagogical issues.
  • Explore under-addressed issues such as societal responsibility and the implications of IC for language policy.
  • Address a diverse English-speaking audience, including researchers, educators, policy makers, and training stakeholders, both novices and experts in disciplines such as applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language education, and educational science.

Thematic areas

Contributions should fall into one of the following four categories

1.  Intercomprehension and Society   

Studies on the social implications of intercomprehension: international mobility, social justice, integration and language policy.

2. Intercomprehension and Education (beyond Europe)   

Pedagogical approaches and educational initiatives related to intercomprehension in non-European contexts, with a particular focus on linguistic and cultural diversity.

3. Intercomprehension and Teacher training          

Initial and in-service teacher training in the didactics of intercomprehension: necessary skills, pedagogical tools, challenges and opportunities.

4.  Intercomprehension and Research

Theoretical and methodological contributions to intercomprehension research: interdisciplinary approaches, innovative corpora and analysis of plurilingual practices.

Conditions for submission

Authors are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words, accompanied by approximately 10 relevant bibliographic references. Each abstract should include

  • Research background
  • Research question (and hypotheses, if any)
  • Theoretical framework used
  • Methodology used
  • Type of data produced
  • Results (or draft results if research in progress)

Proposals should be submitted in the language of your choice, accompanied by an English version, and will be evaluated by an international scientific panel.

Submission deadline: 28 April 2025          

Submission addresses: marie-claire.lemarchand-chauvin@univ-lorraine.fr, encarnicarrasco@ub.edu

Provisional timetable

  • Notification of authors: 19 May 2025
  • Submission of full chapters: 7 July 2025
  • Planned publication: end of the following year

Keywords

  • plurilinguisme, intercompréhension, recherche, enseignement, formation des enseignants

Contact(s)

  • Marie-Claire Lemarchand-Chauvin
    courriel : marie-claire [dot] lemarchand-chauvin [at] univ-lorraine [dot] fr
  • Encanación Carrasco Perea
    courriel : encarnicarrasco [at] ub [dot] edu

License

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

To cite this announcement

« Intercomprehension Between Languages: Multidisciplinary Perspectives », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, February 04, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/138f3

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