FORTHEM Multilingualism in School and Higher Education Lab invites early career researchers to a casual conference to present their current research plan/results and discuss multilingualism from different perspectives, be it cognitive, linguistic, sociolinguistic, educational or other.
As part of the fifth FORTHEM Campus semester in Autumn 2023, launches its brand-new course “Approaches to Multilingualism”, showcasing cutting-edge Finnish and international research in the field of multilingualism. The contributors are academics, students, and external partners from the FORTHEM Alliance universities and beyond.
As part of the course, we organise a casual conference for early career researchers on related research to multilingualism from different perspectives, be it cognitive, linguistic, sociolinguistic, educational or other. We invite early career researchers to present their current research plan/results in individual slots to approach multilingualism from different viewpoints. This is a great chance for you to present your research, have discussions with students researching a similar topic, get feedback and questions and network. The presentation length will be 15/20 minutes. After each individual presentation, there will be some dedicated time to openly discuss and give ideas and comments on participants’ research. You can present either in person in Jyväskylä or online via Zoom. The organizers cannot reimburse participants’ travel costs but provide invitation letters or other supporting documents for travel grant applications on demand.
The submission deadline for abstracts was 15 September.
Program (for more information, see the book of abstracts)
12.15 Welcoming words
12.25 Ana Gómez-Pavón Durán (University of Valencia and University of Heidelberg): Linguistic Competence in Heritage Speakers of Spanish in Germany: Exploring the Impact of Linguistic Practices in Family, Education, and Community Settings
12.50 Georgia-Vereniki Nanou (Ģֱ): Combining Differentiated Instruction with practices from Intercultural Education: an exploratory case study from a Finnish classroom
13.15 David Morariu (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu): Can You Become Multilingual Using ChatGPT? AI Face to Face with Language Learning: Romanian Language Case Study
13.40 Ulla Sivunen (Ģֱ): DHH young people’s plurilingual mediascape and digital interaction
14.05 Break: snacks, coffee & mingle
14.30 Robert Radziej (University of Opole): Which English? – Advances in the student-driven project in Multilingualism in School and Higher Education FORTHEM Lab exploring the linguistic diversity within English
14.55 Denisa-Maria Frătean (Bâlc) (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu): Unlocking Multilingual Potential: The Power of Parentheticals in Foreign Language Education
15.20 Patricia Carvalho Ribeiro (University of Helsinki): Acquisition of articles in Portuguese as a Heritage Language in contact with Finnish
15.45 Closing the conference
Important information
- Registration opens: August 15th, 2023 (Tuesday)
- Deadline for submission: September 15th, 2023 (Friday) at 23:59 EET
- Notification of acceptance: September 22nd, 2023 (Friday)
- Registration deadline: November 15th, 2023 (Wednesday)
- Conference date: November 21st, 2023 (Tuesday) from 12:15 to 16:00 EET
- Registration is free of charge.
- Language of the conference: English
- Location: Ģֱ, B 349 Suvanto (see campus map) and Zoom
- Organisers: Doctoral Researchers Laura Castañe Bassa and Venla Rantanen, Ģֱ
- Contact: in all questions about submissions or any matters, please email to lcastane@student.jyu.fi and vehelera@jyu.fi
Welcome to the conference!
More information
Laura Castañe Bassa
Doctoral Researcher
Department of Teacher Education
