ENRICH-2021: 1st International Conference on ELF-Aware Practices for Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms Athens, Greece, December 3-5, 2021 |
Conference website | https://enrich2021.eap.gr/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=enrich2021 |
Submission deadline | July 11, 2021 |
The Coordinator and Partners of the Erasmus+ "English as a Lingua Franca Practices for Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms - ENRICH" Project (2018-2021; http://enrichproject.eu) and the Hellenic Open University, as the Coordinating Organisation of the Project, are pleased to annouce the 1st International Conference on ELF-Aware Practices for Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms, or ENRICH-2021. The conference is going to be held on 4-5, December 2021, in Athens, Greece.
Taking into consideration updates regarding the COVID-19 situation both in Greece and in the rest of Europe and the whole world, the ENRICH-2021 Conference will be held online only, via a specially customised teleconference platform.
The Conference is fully supported with funding from Erasmus+, which means that participation in the Conference is free-of-charge.
Certificates of attendance and/or presentation will be provided at the end of the Conference.
Conference Aims and Themes
ENRICH-2021 aims at celebrating, disseminating and building upon the processes and research outcomes of the ENRICH Project. Based on a comprehensive study of teachers' and learners' needs and requirements, ENRICH has developed and implemented a high-quality online Continuous Professional Development Course that systematically guided teachers in understanding the principles and challenges of raising their learners’ ELF-awareness, and prompted them to design, teach and reflect upon original lessons for their teaching context that incorporated the principles and processes of ELF-awareness. In 2021, the CPD Course will be freely available online and will be accompanied by a Handbook, with key information for interested parties.
The theoretical concept of ELF awareness has been put forward as a comprehensive framework for integrating the observations, concerns and issues that arise in the research of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in different English language teaching and teacher education contexts. The process of raising teachers’ and learners’ ELF awareness focuses on three essential components: (a) language use, including languaging (the process of using communication strategies, such as negotiation, to produce meaningful interactions) and translanguaging (the process of using multiple linguistic and non-linguistic resources to ensure efficient communication between multilingual interlocutors), (b) instructional practice, including perceptions about normativity and the notion of error, and (c) the major impact ELF use has on language learning.
Submission Guidelines
We welcome the submission of abstracts for:
- Full paper presentations
- Poster presentations
All abstracts must be submitted through the conference EasyChair submission page. Please use your EasyChair account (or create a new one) to access the conference page and complete the required information. This includes the details of the author(s), the title of the presentation, the abstract, 3-5 keywords, and the type of presentation (paper/poster).
All full paper/poster titles and abstracts must be written in English and completely anonymous. They must also be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
All paper presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by a 10-minute-long Q&A session with the audience. Specific guidelines concerning the format of the posters will be forwarded to the presenters upon acceptance of their abstracts.
The Conference adopts a double-blind reviewing policy. Notifications of acceptance will be forwarded by August 31st, 2021.
List of Topics
We invite abstracts for paper and poster presentations that focus on discussing theoretical and/or empirical perspectives on the concept of ELF-awareness in relation to English Language Teaching and one (or more) of the following areas:
- classroom practices
- curriculum and syllabus design
- courseware and instructional materials development
- language assessment
- teacher education.
We welcome abstracts that refer to ELT-related insights from research in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), English as an International Language (EIL) and World Englishes (WE), multilingualism, plurilingualism and translingualism, and interculturalism, pluriculturalism and transculturalism.
Relevant topics may include, for instance:
- ELF-awareness in English Language Teaching: Pedagogical concerns, challenges and opportunities
- ELF-awareness and the development of communicative competences and transversal skills
- Raising intercultural competence through ELF-aware instructional practices
- Development and use of ELF-aware instructional materials
- Use of innovative teaching practices (e.g., CLIL, ICT) in raising learners' ELF-awareness
- Continuous Professional Development of ELF-aware English language teachers
- Transformative practices in ELF-aware pedagogy and teacher education
Paper and poster presentations that present original ELF-aware materials (e.g., lesson plans or tasks integrating issues related to ELF) and/or data from empirical research (e.g., learners' contributions on tasks or their perspectives during reflective discussions) will be prioritised.
Invited Speakers
- Prof. Kurt Kohn, Professor Emeritus of Applied English Linguistics, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Dr. Alessia Cogo, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Goldsmiths University of London, UK, Editor-in-Chief of the ELT Journal
- Dr. Martin Dewey, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, King’s College London, UK, Editor of the Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
- Prof. Alexis Kokkos, Professor Emeritus of Adult Education, Hellenic Open University, Chairman of the Hellenic Adult Education Association
Conference Mode
Taking into consideration updates regarding the COVID-19 situation both in Greece and in the rest of Europe and the whole world, the ENRICH-2021 Conference will be held online only, via a specially customised teleconference platform.
Committees
Scientific Committee
- Sifakis, Nicos C. (Conference Chair; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
- Bayyurt, Yasemin (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)
- Bektaş, Sezen (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)
- Cannelli, Alessandra (Roma Tre University, Italy)
- Cavalheiro, Lili (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
- Erduyan, Işıl (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)
- Fiasco, Valeria (Roma Tre University, Italy)
- Flognfeldt, Mona Evelyn (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)
- Fountana, Maria (Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”, Greece)
- Guerra, Luis (University of Evora, Portugal)
- Kordia, Stefania (Hellenic Open University, Greece)
- Lopriore, Lucilla (Roma Tre University, Italy)
- Pereira, Ricardo (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal)
- Reed, Kirstin (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)
- Şentürk, Hakan (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)
- Sperti, Silvia (Roma Tre University, Italy)
- Tsagari, Dina (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)
- Tsantila, Natasha (Deree – The American College of Greece, Hellenic Open University, Greece)
Organizing committee
- Sifakis, Nicos C. (Conference Chair; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
- Kordia, Stefania (Hellenic Open University)
- Zorbas, Vasilios (Hellenic Upen University)
- Karasimos, Athanasios (Hellenic Open University)
- Kouna, Spyridoula (Hellenic Open University, University of the Peloponnese)
- Tsantila, Natasha (Deree – The American College of Greece, Hellenic Open University)
- Vourdanou, Katerina (EFL teacher, Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs)
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to enrich.euproject@gmail.com or sent through the ENRICH Project Contact Form at http://enrichproject.eu/ .
ENRICH Project | Erasmus+
2018-1-EL01-KA201-047894